Thrombectomy patients with minor stroke: factors of early neurological deterioration.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A sizeable proportion of stroke patients with large vessel occlusion present with minor neurological deficits. Whether mechanical thrombectomy (MT) is beneficial in these patients is controversial. We aimed to investigate factors of early neurological deterioration (END) in thrombectomy patients with minor stroke and hypothesized that END is linked to unfavorable functional outcomes.

Methods

Multicenter cohort study screening all patients prospectively enrolled in the German Stroke Registry-Endovascular Treatment (n=13 082) between 2015 and 2021. Patients who underwent MT for anterior circulation vessel occlusion with baseline National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score of <6 were included. END was defined as an increase in NIHSS score of ≥4 within th

SUBMITTER: Heitkamp C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12322444 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature