Endovascular treatment in comatose patients with anterior circulation ischemic stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coma in the first hours after anterior circulation ischemic stroke is rare. We aimed to assess the causes of coma and outcomes after endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) in this relatively unexplored subgroup of patients.

Materials and methods

We used data from the MR CLEAN Registry, a prospective, multicenter, observational cohort study of patients treated with EVT in the Netherlands between March 2014, and December 2018. We included patients with anterior circulation ischemic stroke treated within 6.5 h of symptom onset and assessed frequency and causes of coma, defined as a score of 8 or lower on the Glasgow Coma Scale. Patients with a posterior circulation stroke were excluded. The primary outcome was the score on the modified Rankin Scale at 90 days. We compared o

SUBMITTER: Sluis WM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11997383 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature