Should Patients With Acute Minor Ischemic Stroke With Isolated Internal Carotid Artery Occlusion Be Thrombolysed?

Boulenoir, Naouel; Turc, Guillaume; Ter Schiphorst, Adrien; Heldner, Mirjam R; Strambo, Davide; Laksiri, Nadia; Girard Buttaz, Isabelle; Papassin, Jérémie; Sibon, Igor; Chausson, Nicolas; Michel, Patrik; Rosso, Charlotte; Bourdain, Frédéric; Lamy, Chantal; Weisenburger-Lile, David; Agius, Pierre; Yger, Marion; Obadia, Michael; Sablot, Denis; Legris, Nicolas; ... (2022). Should Patients With Acute Minor Ischemic Stroke With Isolated Internal Carotid Artery Occlusion Be Thrombolysed? Stroke, 53(11), pp. 3304-3312. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 10.1161/STROKEAHA.122.039228

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BACKGROUND

We recently reported a worrying 30% rate of early neurological deterioration (END) occurring within 24 hours following intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) in minor stroke with isolated internal carotid artery occlusion (ie, without additional intracranial occlusion), mainly due to artery-to-artery embolism. Here, we hypothesize that in this setting IVT-as compared to no-IVT-may foster END, in particular by favoring artery-to-artery embolism from thrombus fragmentation.

METHODS

From a large multicenter retrospective database, we compared minor stroke (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score <6) isolated internal carotid artery occlusion patients treated within 4.5 hours of symptoms onset with either IVT or antithrombotic therapy between 2006 and 2020 (inclusion date varied among centers). Primary outcome was END within 24 hours (≥4 National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale points increase within 24 hours), and secondary outcomes were END within 7 days (END7d) and 3-month modified Rankin Scale score 0 to 1.

RESULTS

Overall, 189 patients were included (IVT=95; antithrombotics=94 [antiplatelets, n=58, anticoagulants, n=36]) from 34 centers. END within 24 hours and END7d occurred in 46 (24%) and 60 (32%) patients, respectively. Baseline clinical and radiological variables were similar between the 2 groups, except significantly higher National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (median 3 versus 2) and shorter onset-to-imaging (124 versus 149min) in the IVT group. END within 24 hours was more frequent following IVT (33% versus 16%, adjusted hazard ratio, 2.01 [95% CI, 1.07-3.92]; P=0.03), driven by higher odds of artery-to-artery embolism (20% versus 9%, P=0.09). However, END7d and 3-month modified Rankin Scale score of 0 to 1 did not significantly differ between the 2 groups (END7d: adjusted hazard ratio, 1.29 [95% CI, 0.75-2.23]; P=0.37; modified Rankin Scale score of 0-1: adjusted odds ratio, 1.1 [95% CI, 0.6-2.2]; P=0.71). END7d occurred earlier in the IVT group: median imaging-to-END 2.6 hours (interquartile range, 1.9-10.1) versus 20.4 hours (interquartile range, 7.8-34.4), respectively, P<0.01.

CONCLUSION

In our population of minor strokes with iICAO, although END rate at 7 days and 3-month outcome were similar between the 2 groups, END-particularly END due to artery-to-artery embolism-occurred earlier following IVT. Prospective studies are warranted to further clarify the benefit/risk profile of IVT in this population.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Neurology
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology and Nuclear Medicine (DRNN) > Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology

UniBE Contributor:

Heldner, Mirjam Rachel, Jung, Simon, Pilgram-Pastor, Sara Magdalena

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services

ISSN:

0039-2499

Publisher:

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Language:

English

Submitter:

Pubmed Import

Date Deposited:

12 Sep 2022 11:30

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 16:24

Publisher DOI:

10.1161/STROKEAHA.122.039228

PubMed ID:

36073368

Uncontrolled Keywords:

anticoagulant carotid artery, internal embolism ischemic stroke thrombus

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/172775

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/172775

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