RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Favorable revascularization therapy in patients with ASPECTS ≤ 5 on DWI in anterior circulation stroke
JF Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery
JO J NeuroIntervent Surg
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
SP 5
OP 9
DO 10.1136/neurintsurg-2017-013358
VO 10
IS 1
A1 Mourand, Isabelle
A1 Abergel, Eitan
A1 Mantilla, Daniel
A1 Ayrignac, Xavier
A1 Sacagiu, Tzvika
A1 Eker, Omer Faruk
A1 Gascou, Gregory
A1 Dargazanli, Cyril
A1 Riquelme, Carlos
A1 Moynier, Marinette
A1 Bonafé, Alain
A1 Arquizan, Caroline
A1 Costalat, Vincent
YR 2018
UL http://jnis.bmj.com/content/10/1/5.abstract
AB Background A low baseline Alberta Stroke Programme Early CT Score (ASPECTS) is strongly associated with low rates of favorable outcome in patients with acute stroke.Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of revascularization therapy in patient with ASPECTS ≤5 in anterior circulation infarct.Methods We retrospectively analyzed 108 consecutive patients presenting low ASPECTS on diffusion-weighted imaging. Sixty patients were treated by mechanical thrombectomy, including 34 patients who received simultaneously intravenous thrombolysis. A control group of 48 patients not eligible for reperfusion therapy gave us a perspective on the natural history. Clinical outcome was evaluated at 90 days using the modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score. Hemicraniectomy after malignant infarction, mortality, and symptomatic intracranial haemorrhage (sICH) were also reported.Results Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction 2b–3 was assessed in 75% of treated patients. Reperfusion therapy led to significantly reduced disability (mRS score 0–2) at 90 days compared with the control group (30% vs 2.1%, p<0.001), hemicraniectomy (3.3% vs 22.9%, p=0.002), and death at 90 days (25% vs 47.9%, p=0.01). The sICH level was similar in treated patients and in the control group (p=0.78). Patients aged ≤70 years in the thrombectomy group had a significantly better clinical outcome than older patients (37.5% vs 10%, p=0.02), regardless of baseline characteristics or recanalization rate.Conclusions In patients with acute stroke in the anterior circulation and ASPECTS ≤5 revascularization therapy contributes to a favorable clinical outcome at 90 days, especially in patients younger than 70 years.