Prediction of Stent-Retriever Thrombectomy Outcomes by Dynamic Multidetector CT Angiography in Patients with Acute Carotid T or MCA Occlusions.

Kolja M Thierfelder W H Sommer B Ertl-Wagner S E Beyer Felix G Meinel Wolfgang Gerhard Kunz G Buchholz Maximilian Reiser Hendrik Janssen

Published in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2016)

A short occlusion length as determined by dynamic CT angiography is an independent predictor of a favorable angiographic outcome of stent retriever thrombectomy in patients with ischemic stroke.

Keyphrases

acute ischemic stroke
computed tomography
atrial fibrillation
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome