Neurologic Outcomes of Carotid and Other Emergent Interventions for Ischemic Stroke Over 6  Years With Analysis Enhanced by Machine Learning

Despite continued evolution in treatment, stroke continues to represent one of the most common and debilitating diseases patients suffer. We created a novel machine-learning natural language processing algorithm to assist in performing outcomes research for patients undergoing treatment for stroke. This method enhanced our ability to accurately determine neurologic outcomes for all urgent stroke interventions. Results demonstrate stroke severity and functional neurologic outcomes for all ischemic stroke patients undergoing (1) urgent carotid endarterectomy (uCEA)/urgent carotid artery stenting (uCAS), (2) tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) alone, (3) mechanical endovascular reperfusion (MER) alone, (4) tPA + MER, and (5) no intervention.

Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - December 20, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: P. Andrew Rivera, Bethany Jennings, Jeff Burton, Aaron Hayson, Faith Mason, Jaron Pettis, Adam Berenson, W.C. Sternbergh, Samuel Money, Daniel Fort, Hernan Bazan Source Type: research