Endovascular versus medical therapy in posterior cerebral artery stroke: role of baseline NIHSS and occlusion site.

Strambo, Davide; Michel, Patrik; Nguyen, Thanh N; Abdalkader, Mohamad; Qureshi, Muhammad M; Strbian, Daniel; Herweh, Christian; Möhlenbruch, Markus A; Räty, Silja; Olivé-Gadea, Marta; Ribo, Marc; Psychogios, Marios-Nikos; Fischer, Urs; Nguyen, Anh; Kuramatsu, Joji B; Haupenthal, David; Köhrmann, Martin; Deuschl, Cornelius; Kühne Escolà, Jordi; Demeestere, Jelle; ... (2024). Endovascular versus medical therapy in posterior cerebral artery stroke: role of baseline NIHSS and occlusion site. Stroke, 55(7), pp. 1787-1797. Wolters Kluwer Health 10.1161/STROKEAHA.124.047383

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Background: Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) with isolated posterior cerebral artery occlusion (iPCAO) lacks management evidence from randomized trials. We aimed to evaluate whether the association between endovascular treatment (EVT) and outcomes in iPCAO-AIS is modified by initial stroke severity (baseline NIHSS) and arterial occlusion site. Methods: Based on the multicenter, retrospective, case-control study of consecutive iPCAO-AIS patients (PLATO study), we assessed the heterogeneity of EVT outcomes compared to medical management (MM) for iPCAO, according to baseline NIHSS (≤6 vs. >6) and occlusion site (P1 vs. P2), using multivariable regression modelling with interaction terms. The primary outcome was the favorable shift of 3-month mRS. Secondary outcomes included excellent outcome (mRS 0-1), functional independence (mRS 0-2), symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (sICH) and mortality. Results: From 1344 patients assessed for eligibility, 1,059 were included (median age 74 years, 43.7% women, 41.3% had intravenous thrombolysis), 364 receiving EVT and 695 MM. Baseline stroke severity did not modify the association of EVT with 3-month mRS distribution (pint=0.312), but did with functional independence (pint=0.010), with a similar trend on excellent outcome (pint=0.069). EVT was associated with more favorable outcomes than MM in patients with baseline NIHSS>6 (mRS 0-1: 30.6% vs. 17.7%, aOR=2.01, 95%CI=1.22-3.31; mRS 0-2: 46.1% vs. 31.9%, aOR=1.64, 95%CI=1.08-2.51), but not in those with NIHSS≤6 (mRS 0-1: 43.8% vs. 46.3%, aOR=0.90, 95%CI=0.49-1.64; mRS 0-2: 65.3% vs. 74.3%, aOR=0.55, 95%CI=0.30-1.0). EVT was associated with more sICH regardless of baseline NIHSS (pint=0.467), while the mortality increase was more pronounced in patients with NIHSS≤6 (pint=0.044, NIHSS≤6: aOR=7.95,95%CI=3.11-20.28, NIHSS>6: aOR=1.98,95%CI=1.08-3.65). Arterial occlusion site did not modify the association of EVT with outcomes compared to MM. Conclusion: Baseline clinical stroke severity, rather than the occlusion site, may be an important modifier of the association between EVT and outcomes in iPCAO. Only severely affected patients with iPCAO (NIHSS>6) had more favorable disability outcomes with EVT than MM, despite increased mortality and sICH.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology and Nuclear Medicine (DRNN) > Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology

UniBE Contributor:

Kaesmacher, Johannes, Mujanović, Adnan, Serrallach, Bettina Lara

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1524-4628

Publisher:

Wolters Kluwer Health

Language:

English

Submitter:

Pubmed Import

Date Deposited:

21 May 2024 16:23

Last Modified:

26 Jun 2024 00:15

Publisher DOI:

10.1161/STROKEAHA.124.047383

PubMed ID:

38753954

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/196865

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/196865

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