NIHSS sub-item scores predict collateral flow in acute middle cerebral artery infarction.

Conclusion Among the NIHSS sub-items, severe facial palsy and visual field defect were associated with poor collateral status in acute MCA stroke with M1 occlusion. Decision on whether to treat these patients endovascularly should be made more cautiously due to the possibility of a poor outcome. PMID: 29991309 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Interventional Neuroradiology - Category: Radiology Tags: Interv Neuroradiol Source Type: research