Specialist Perspectives on the Imaging Selection of Large Vessel Occlusion in the Late Window.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The proper imaging modality for use in the selection of patients for endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) presenting in the late window remains controversial, despite current guidelines advocating the use of advanced imaging in this population. We sought to understand if clinicians with different specialty training differ in their approach to patient selection for EVT in the late time window.

Methods

We conducted an international survey of stroke and neurointerventional clinicians between January and May 2022 with questions focusing on imaging and treatment decisions of large vessel occlusion (LVO) patients presenting in the late window. Interventional neurologists, interventional neuroradiologists, and endovascular neurosurgeons were defined as interventionists wherea

SUBMITTER: Klein P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10069362 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature