Stroke Imaging Selection Modality and Endovascular Therapy Outcomes in the Early and Extended Time Windows.
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Stroke a journal of cerebral circulation
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Advanced imaging has been increasingly used for patient selection in endovascular stroke therapy. The impact of imaging selection modality on endovascular stroke therapy clinical outcomes in extended time window remains to be defined. We aimed to study this relationship and compare it to that noted in early-treated patients.
METHODS: Patients from a prospective multicentric registry (n=2008) with occlusions involving the intracranial internal carotid or the M1- or M2-segments of the middle cerebral arteries, premorbid modified Rankin Scale score 0 to 2 and time to treatment 0 to 24 hours were categorized according to treatment times within the early (0-6 hour) or extended (6-24 hour) window as well as imaging modality with noncontrast computed tomography (NCCT)±CT angiography (CTA) or NCCT±CTA and CT perfusion (CTP). The association between imaging modality and 90-day modified Rankin Scale, analyzed in ordinal (modified Rankin Scale shift) and dichotomized (functional independence, modified Rankin Scale score 0-2) manner, was evaluated and compared within and across the extended and early windows.
RESULTS: In the early window, 332 patients were selected with NCCT±CTA alone while 373 also underwent CTP. After adjusting for identifiable confounders, there were no significant differences in terms of 90-day functional disability (ordinal shift: adjusted odd ratio [aOR], 0.936 [95% CI, 0.709-1.238],
CONCLUSIONS: CTP acquisition was not associated with better outcomes in patients treated in the early or extended time windows. While confirmatory data is needed, our data suggests that extended window endovascular stroke therapy may remain beneficial even in the absence of advanced imaging.
First Page
491
Last Page
497
DOI
10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.031685
Publication Date
1-1-2021
Recommended Citation
Nogueira RG, Haussen DC, Liebeskind D, Jovin TG, Gupta R, Jadhav A, Budzik RF, Baxter B, Krajina A, Bonafe A, Malek A, Narata AP, Shields R, Zhang Y, Morgan P, Bartolini B, English J, Frankel MR, Veznedaroglu E; Trevo Registry and DAWN Trial Investigators. Stroke Imaging Selection Modality and Endovascular Therapy Outcomes in the Early and Extended Time Windows. Stroke. 2021 Jan;52(2):491-497. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.031685. Epub 2021 Jan 12. PMID: 33430634.