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Abstract
Background Higher extended Thrombolysis In Cerebral Infarction (eTICI) grades are associated with better clinical outcomes after endovascular treatment (EVT) for proximal intracranial occlusion of the anterior circulation. However, the relationship between eTICI grade and outcomes after EVT in patients with acute basilar artery occlusion (BAO) remains unclear. We aimed to explore which eTICI category was the cut-off correlating with better clinical outcomes in patients with BAO undergoing EVT.
Methods We included patients treated via EVT from the BASILAR study. Multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed to assess the impact of eTICI grades on 90-day favorable functional outcomes, defined as a modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score of 0–3. Other outcomes were functional independence (mRS 0–2), all-cause mortality, and symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage.
Results Among 647 patients treated with EVT, 127 (19.6%), 128 (24.5%), 110 (21.1%), and 282 (54%) patients achieved eTICI grades of 0–2a, 2b, 2c, and 3, respectively. Compared with eTICI grades 0–2a, higher rates of favorable functional outcomes (adjusted OR (aOR) 2.96, 95% CI 1.33 to 6.57, and aOR 7.40, 95% CI 3.63 to 15.09, respectively) were observed for grades 2c and 3, not 2b (aOR 1.93, 95% CI 0.86 to 4.36). The risks of mortality and symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage were also lower for eTICI grades 2c and 3 than for grades 0–2a.
Conclusions An eTICI grade of 2c/3 may be a target for successful reperfusion after EVT in patients with acute BAO; however, further studies with larger sample sizes and clinical trials are needed.
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LC, CZ and JS contributed equally.
Contributors LC conceived the study idea, filtered and analyzed the data, was a major contributor in writing the manuscript, and was responsible for most revisions and submissions. CZ, JS: acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data, critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content. HS, WZ helped conceive the study idea and contributed to writing and revising the manuscript. DX, FG, FL, ZQ: acquisition of data. XF, PZ, YW, GZ contributed to data filtering and manuscript writing. JY, JH, LL, WL helped acquire the data. QY: acting as guarantor. supported the entire project, study concept and design, critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content, study supervision.
Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests None declared.
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