Predictors for Symptomatic Intracranial Hemorrhage After Endovascular Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusions—Incidence of SICH after thrombectomy is higher in Asian patients with acute ischemic stroke. Cardioembolic stroke, poor collateral circulation, delayed endovascular treatment, multiple passes with stent retriever device, lower pretreatment Alberta Stroke Program Early Computed Tomography Score, higher baseline neutrophil ratio may increase the risk of SICH.

Source: Stroke - April 24, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Yonggang Hao, Dong Yang, Huaiming Wang, Wenjie Zi, Meng Zhang, Yu Geng, Zhiming Zhou, Wei Wang, Haowen Xu, Xiguang Tian, Penghua Lv, Yuxiu Liu, Yunyun Xiong, Xinfeng Liu, Gelin Xu, for the ACTUAL Investigators (Endovascular Treatment for Acute Anterior C Tags: Intracranial Hemorrhage, Ischemic Stroke Original Contributions Source Type: research