Ultra-early improvement after endovascular thrombectomy and long-term outcome in anterior circulation acute ischemic stroke

The use of post-treatment measures after acute ischemic stroke is important to predict good functional outcome. The most studied is 24  h National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score and existing literature is scarce regarding the use of earlier indicators, namely NIHSS immediately after endovascular thrombectomy (EVT). We hypothesized that an immediate neurological improvement after EVT, that we called ultra-early ne urological improvement (UENI), would be a reliable functional independence predictor in anterior circulation acute ischemic stroke patients.

Source: Journal of the Neurological Sciences - January 4, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Ant ónioMartins de Campos, Andreia Carvalho, Marta Rodrigues, Sofia Figueiredo, Tiago Gregório, Henrique Costa, Ludovina Paredes, André Cunha, Sérgio Castro, Manuel Ribeiro, Miguel Veloso, Pedro Barros Source Type: research