Impact of Pretreatment Noncontrast CT Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score on Clinical Outcome After Intra-Arterial Stroke Therapy [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusions—
NCCT seems useful for excluding patients with the greatest burden of ischemic damage from futile intra-arterial treatment, which is unlikely to result in patient functional independence and increases the risk of hemorrhage.

Source: Stroke - February 24, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Yoo, A. J., Zaidat, O. O., Chaudhry, Z. A., Berkhemer, O. A., Gonzalez, R. G., Goyal, M., Demchuk, A. M., Menon, B. K., Mualem, E., Ueda, D., Buell, H., Sit, S. P., Bose, A., on behalf of the Penumbra Pivotal and Penumbra Imaging Collaborative Study (PICS Tags: Acute Cerebral Infarction, Emergency treatment of Stroke, Computerized tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Other Stroke Treatment - Surgical Clinical Sciences Source Type: research