Predictors of a Good Outcome after Endovascular Stroke Treatment with Stent Retrievers

Table 1

Patient selection criteria for endovascular stroke treatment with stent retrievers.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria
Clinical inclusion criteria; Age: 18–80 years; Patients who presented within 6 h of symptom onset for the anterior circulation stroke; Patients who presented within 8 h of symptom onset for the basilar thrombosis; An NIHSS ≥10 at the time that I.V rt-PA is begun and if no dramatic clinical improvement was observed after IV rt-PA; Patients who had contraindication to IV rt-PA and NIHSS ≥10 at the admission
Clinical exclusion criteria; Moderate to severe stroke patients who had dramatic clinical improvement (NIHSS ≥8) after IV rt-PA; History of severe allergy to contrast medium or nitinol; Patients with a preexisting neurological disease that cause moderate disability (mRS ≥2); Advanced and terminal illness; Presumed septic embolus or suspicion of bacterial endocarditis; Clinical presentation suggests a subarachnoid hemorrhage even if the initial CT scan is normal; Baseline lab values: glucose <50 mg/dL or >400 mg/dL, platelets <100 000
Imaging exclusion criteria; CT evidence of intraparenchymal tumor; CT evidence of intracranial hemorrhage; Large (more than 1/3 of the middle cerebral artery) regions of clear hypodensity on baseline CT or having ASPECT score of <5; MRI or CT evidence of extensive brainstem lesions (e.g., bilateral pons or mesencephalic involvement)