Comparative Outcomes of Mechanical Thrombectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke in Patients  with and without Atrial Fibrillation

Stroke is a leading cause of disability and death in the United States (1). Cardioembolic strokes account for approximately 1 in 5 ischemic strokes, with atrial fibrillation (AF) being the most common cause of cardioembolic stroke (2). Acute ischemic strokes in patients with AF are associated with a higher degree of disability and worse outcomes than in patients without AF (3). Because of its proven efficacy, mechanical thrombectomy (MT) with second-generation stent retrievers has been recently assigned a class IA recommendation for the treatment of ischemic stroke in select group of patients (4).

Source: Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology : JVIR - October 20, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Muhammad Bilal Munir, Fahad Alqahtani, Abdelrahman Beltagy, Abdul Tarabishy, Mohamad Alkhouli Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research