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Acute Treatment of Isolated Posterior Cerebral Artery Occlusion: Single Center ...
Cunha, B; Baptista, M; Pamplona, J; Carvalho, R; Perry da Câmara, C; Alves, M; Papoila, AL; Nunes, AP; Reis, J; Fragata, IBackground and objectives: Randomized trials for mechanical thrombectomy (MT) excluded patients with ischemic strokes due to isolated posterior cerebral artery occlusion (IPCAO), and there is no evidence for best acute treatment strategy in these patients. We aimed to assess the effectiveness and safety of MT in acute IPCAO. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed consecutive patients with acute stroke due to IPCA...
Stroke Etiology and Outcomes after Endovascular Thrombectomy: Results from the ...
Matusevicius, M; Cooray, C; Rand, VM; Nunes, AP; Moreira, T; Tassi, R; Egido, JA; Ollikainen, J; Bigliardi, G; Holmin, S; Ahmed, NBackground and purpose: The influence of stroke etiology on outcomes after endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) is not well understood. We aimed to investigate whether stroke etiology subgrouped as large artery atherosclerosis (LAA) and cardiac embolism (CE) influences outcomes in large artery occlusion (LAO) treated by EVT. Methods: We included EVT treated LAO stroke patients registered in the Safe Implementation o...
Global Impact of COVID-19 on Stroke Care and IV Thrombolysis
Nogueira, RG; Qureshi, MM; Abdalkader, M; Martins, SO; Yamagami, H; Qiu, Z; Mansour, OY; Sathya, A; Czlonkowska, A; Tsivgoulis, G; Aguiar de Sousa, DObjective: To measure the global impact of COVID-19 pandemic on volumes of IV thrombolysis (IVT), IVT transfers, and stroke hospitalizations over 4 months at the height of the pandemic (March 1 to June 30, 2020) compared with 2 control 4-month periods. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional, observational, retrospective study across 6 continents, 70 countries, and 457 stroke centers. Diagnoses were identified ...
Magnitude of Blood Pressure Change and Clinical Outcomes after Thrombectomy in ...
Anadani, M; Matusevicius, M; Tsivgoulis, G; Peeters, A; Nunes, AP; Mancuso, M; Roffe, C; Havenon, A; Ahmed, NBackground: Extremes of both high and low systolic blood pressure (SBP) after mechanical thrombectomy (MT) in large artery occlusion stroke are known predictors of unfavorable outcome. However, the effect of SBP change (∆SBP) during the first 24 h on thrombectomy outcomes remains unclear. We aimed to investigate the association between ∆SBP at different time intervals and thrombectomy outcomes. Methods: We anal...
Thrombolysis in Patients Aged over 80 Years Is Equally Effective and Safe
Pego, PM; Nunes, AP; Ferreira, P; Sousa, C; Amaral-Silva, ABACKGROUND: Despite stroke's high prevalence in the elderly, intravenous thrombolysis is licensed in Europe only for patients younger than 80 years old. We aimed to compare the functional outcomes and complication rates in patients older versus younger than 80 years old treated with intravenous thrombolysis. METHODS: A retrospective observational study of patients who received intravenous thrombolysis in a stro...