TY - JOUR T1 - Endovascular thrombectomy for anterior circulation stroke beyond 6 hours of onset in Sweden 2015 to 2020: rates and outcomes in a nationwide register-based study JF - Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery JO - J NeuroIntervent Surg SP - 330 LP - 335 DO - 10.1136/neurintsurg-2022-018670 VL - 15 IS - 4 AU - Teresa Ullberg AU - Mia von Euler AU - Per Wester AU - Fabian Arnberg AU - Bo Norrving AU - Tommy Andersson AU - Johan Wassélius Y1 - 2023/04/01 UR - http://jnis.bmj.com/content/15/4/330.abstract N2 - Background Endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) for ischemic stroke (IS) beyond 6 hours has been proven effective in randomized controlled trials. We present data on implementation and outcomes for EVT beyond 6 hours in Sweden.Methods We included all cases of anterior circulation IS caused by occlusion of the intracranial carotid artery, and the M1 or M2 segment of the middle cerebral artery, registered in two nationwide quality registers for stroke in 2015–2020. Three groups were defined from onset-to-groin-puncture (OTG) time: early window (<6 hours), late window (6–24 hours) known onset, late window last seen well (LSW). Favorable outcome (modified Rankin Scale (mRS) 0–2) and all-cause mortality at 90 days were the main outcomes, and symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage (sICH) was the safety outcome.Results Late window EVT increased from 0.3% of all IS in 2015 to 1.8% in 2020, and from 17.4% of all anterior circulation EVTs in 2015 to 32.9% in 2020. Of 2199 patients, 76.9% (n=1690) were early window EVTs and 23.1% late window EVTs (n=509; 141 known onset, 368 LSW). Median age was 73 years, and 46.2% were female, with no differences between groups. Favorable outcome did not differ between groups (early window 42.4%, late window known onset 38.9%, late window LSW 37.3% (p=0.737)) and remained similar when adjusted for baseline differences. sICH rates did not differ (early window 4.0%, late window known onset 2.1%, late window LSW 4.9% (p=0.413)).Conclusion Late window EVTs have increased substantially over time, and currently account for one third of anterior circulation treatments. Early and late window patients had similar outcomes.Data are available upon reasonable request. Requests to access an anonymized dataset supporting the conclusions may be obtained with an appropriate ethics approval. ER -