Clinical impact of the first pass effect on clinical outcomes in patients with near or complete recanalization during mechanical thrombectomy for large vessel ischemic stroke.
Muhammad Zeeshan MemonDavid DanielMohammad Rauf A ChaudhryManjot GrewalVasu SainiJoshua LukasMithilesh SidduRami AlgahtaniTaha NisarShahram MajidiChristopher R Leon GuerreroKathleen M BurgerEdward GreenbergPriyank KhandelwalAmer M MalikRobert M StarkeSebastian KochDileep R YavagalPublished in: Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging (2021)
The first-pass reperfusion was associated with a trend toward favorable clinical outcome and lower rates of ICH. These data suggest that the first-pass effect should be the mechanical thrombectomy procedure goal.