Open AccessRelationship of white matter lesion severity with early and late outcomes after mechanical thrombectomy for large vessel stroke
Author(s) -
Zimbul Albo,
José Luis Durán Mariño,
Muhammad Nagy,
Dilip Kumar Jayaraman,
Muhammad Umer Azeem,
Ajit S. Puri,
Nils Henninger
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of neurointerventional surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.652
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1759-8486
pISSN - 1759-8478
DOI - 10.1136/neurintsurg-2020-015940
Subject(s) - medicine , modified rankin scale , stroke (engine) , confounding , hyperintensity , proportional hazards model , ischemic stroke , cardiology , magnetic resonance imaging , ischemia , radiology , mechanical engineering , engineering
White matter lesions (WML) are associated with poor outcome after mechanical thrombectomy (MT) for large vessel stroke; the reasons are uncertain. To elucidate this issue we sought to determine the association of WML with multiple early and late outcome measures after MT.