Impact of smoking status and smoking index on outcomes in patients with acute basilar artery occlusion.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study aims to investigate the relationship between smoking status, smoking index, and the outcomes of intravascular treatment for acute basilar artery occlusion within 24 h.

Methods

We retrospectively analyzed all consecutive patients hospitalized with acute basilar artery occlusion who underwent endovascular treatment within 24 h from January 2012 to July 2018 at Beijing Tiantan Hospital. Smoking status was categorized as never smoking, current smoking, or previous smoking. The smoking index (SI) was calculated as the daily smoking count multiplied by the number of smoking years. The primary outcomes were a 90-day modified Rankin Scale score shift analysis and mortality at 90 days.

Results

The overall study cohort comprised 59 never smokers, 58 former sm

SUBMITTER: Han B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12615231 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature