Etiology of Large Vessel Occlusion Posterior Circulation Stroke: Results of the MR CLEAN Registry.
F A V Anne PirsonNikki BoodtJosje BrouwerAgnetha A E BruggemanWouter H HinsenveldJulie StaalsWim H van ZwamChristiaan van der LeijRutger J B BransCharles B L M MajoieDiederik W J DippelA V D LugtWouter J SchonewilleRobert J Van Oostenbruggenull nullPublished in: Stroke (2022)
Unlike the anterior circulation, most frequent cause in our posterior large vessel occlusion stroke cohort is LAA followed by cardioembolism, dissection, and ESUS. Patients with cardioembolism and ESUS have a better prognosis for functional outcome after endovascular thrombectomy than patients with LAA.