Endovascular treatment for calcified cerebral emboli in patients with acute ischemic stroke

CONCLUSIONS: While patients with CCE had significantly lower reperfusion rates and less improvement on the NIHSS after EVT, CCE were not significantly associated with worse functional outcome or higher mortality rates. Therefore, EVT should still be considered in this specific group of patients.PMID:33799302 | DOI:10.3171/2020.9.JNS201798

Source: Journal of Neurosurgery - April 2, 2021 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Agnetha A E Bruggeman Manon Kappelhof Nerea Arrarte Terreros Manon L Tolhuisen Praneeta R Konduri Nikki Boodt Heleen M M van Beusekom Hajo M Hund Aladdin Taha Aad van der Lugt Yvo B W E M Roos Adriaan C G M van Es Wim H van Zwam Alida A Postma Diederik W Source Type: research