We sought to verify the benefit of mechanical thrombectomy in patients with
acute ischemic stroke due to large vessel occlusion in the anterior circulation
and low National Institute of Health stroke scale score at presentation. The
prospective database of our stroke center was screened for patients with acute
ischemic stroke due to large vessel occlusion and a baseline National Institute
of Health stroke scale score
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Mechanical thrombectomy in patients with stroke due to large vessel occlusion in the anterior circulation and low baseline NIHSS score
Andrea M. Alexandre1,*, Iacopo Valente1, Giovanni Frisullo2, Roberta Morosetti2, Danilo Genovese3, Andrea Bartolo3, Riccardo Gigli3, Claudia Rollo3, Luca Scarcia3, Francesca Carosi3, Giusy Fortunato4, Francesco D’Argento1, Paolo Calabresi2,3, Giacomo Della Marca2,3, Alessandro Pedicelli1, Aldobrando Broccolini2,3
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Dipartimento di diagnostica per immagini, radioterapia oncologica ed ematologia, UOC Radiologia e Neuroradiologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A, Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Roma, Italy
2
Area neuroscienze, UOC Neurologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A, Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Roma, Italy
3
Catholic University School of Medicine, 00185 Rome, Italy
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Dipartimento Scienze dell’Emergenza, Anestesiologiche e della Rianimazione, UOC Anestesia delle Chirurgie Generali e dei Trapianti, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A, Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
*Correspondence: andrea.alexandre@policlinicogemelli.it (Andrea M. Alexandre)
J. Integr. Neurosci. 2021, 20(3), 645–650;
https://doi.org/10.31083/j.jin2003068
Submitted: 24 May 2021 | Revised: 7 June 2021 | Accepted: 22 June 2021 | Published: 30 September 2021
Copyright: © 2021 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Acute ischemic stroke
Large vessel occlusion
National Institute of Health Stroke Scale
Mechanical thrombectomy
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