Subhairline Electroencephalography for the Detection of Large Vessel Occlusion Stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Endovascular thrombectomy is standard treatment for patients with anterior circulation large vessel occlusion stroke (LVO-a). Prehospital identification of these patients would enable direct routing to an endovascular thrombectomy-capable hospital and consequently reduce time-to-endovascular thrombectomy. Electroencephalography (EEG) has previously proven to be promising for LVO-a stroke detection. Fast and reliable electrode application, however, can remain a challenge. A potential alternative is subhairline EEG. We evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of subhairline EEG for LVO-a stroke detection.

Methods and results

We included adult patients with a suspected stroke or known LVO-a stroke and symptom onset time <24 hours. A single 3-minute EEG recording was perform

SUBMITTER: Groenendijk EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10727307 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature