7-Day National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale as a surrogate marker predicting ischemic stroke patients' outcome following endovascular therapy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early neurological deterioration after endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) is associated with poor prognosis. National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score measured at 24 h after EVT may be a better outcome predictor than other methods that focus on changes in NIHSS. Nevertheless, clinical fluctuations in ischemic stroke patients during the immediate phase after symptoms onset are well recognized. Therefore, a delayed NIHSS evaluation may improve prognostic accuracy. We evaluate the 7-day NIHSS in predicting long-term patient outcomes after EVT.

Methods

This was a multi-center retrospective cohort study of 300 consecutive ischemic stroke patients with large vessel occlusion who underwent EVT at three-stroke centers in China from August 2018 to March 2022. N

SUBMITTER: Lai Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10590605 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature