Impact of prodromal symptoms on the prognosis of patients with basilar artery occlusion treated with mechanical thrombectomy.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Even with reperfusion therapies, the prognosis of patients with basilar artery occlusion (BAO) related stroke remains poor. We aimed to test the hypothesis that the presence of prodromal symptoms, an easily available anamnestic data, is a key determinant of poor functional outcome.

Patients and methods

Data from patients with BAO treated in Lille, France, with mechanical thrombectomy (MT) between 2015 and 2021 were prospectively collected. The presence of prodromal symptoms was defined by previous transient neurological deficit or gradual progressive clinical worsening preceding a secondary sudden clinical worsening. We compared the characteristics of patients with and without prodromal symptoms. We built multivariate logistic regression models to study the asso

SUBMITTER: Accettone T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11418554 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature