Journal of StrokePub Date : 2024-05-01Epub Date: 2024-05-30DOI: 10.5853/jos.2024.00584
Joseph Raco, Ravi Shah, Michael Farbaniec, Faye L Norby, Megan Mann, Mario D Gonzalez, Gerald V Naccarelli, Ankit Maheshwari
{"title":"Left Atrial Mechanical Dysfunction Is Associated With Atrial Fibrillation and Recurrent Stroke After Cryptogenic Stroke.","authors":"Joseph Raco, Ravi Shah, Michael Farbaniec, Faye L Norby, Megan Mann, Mario D Gonzalez, Gerald V Naccarelli, Ankit Maheshwari","doi":"10.5853/jos.2024.00584","DOIUrl":"10.5853/jos.2024.00584","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17135,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Stroke","volume":"26 2","pages":"335-338"},"PeriodicalIF":8.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11164596/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141248308","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of StrokePub Date : 2024-05-01Epub Date: 2024-05-30DOI: 10.5853/jos.2023.03265
Pil Hyung Lee, Jung-Sun Kim, Jae-Kwan Song, Sun U Kwon, Bum Joon Kim, Ji Sung Lee, Byung Joo Sun, Jong Shin Woo, Soe Hee Ann, Jung-Won Suh, Jun Yup Kim, Kyusup Lee, Sang Yeub Lee, Ran Heo, Soo Jeong, Jeong Yoon Jang, Jang-Whan Bae, Young Dae Kim, Sung Hyuk Heo, Jong S Kim
{"title":"Device Closure or Antithrombotic Therapy After Cryptogenic Stroke in Elderly Patients With a High-Risk Patent Foramen Ovale.","authors":"Pil Hyung Lee, Jung-Sun Kim, Jae-Kwan Song, Sun U Kwon, Bum Joon Kim, Ji Sung Lee, Byung Joo Sun, Jong Shin Woo, Soe Hee Ann, Jung-Won Suh, Jun Yup Kim, Kyusup Lee, Sang Yeub Lee, Ran Heo, Soo Jeong, Jeong Yoon Jang, Jang-Whan Bae, Young Dae Kim, Sung Hyuk Heo, Jong S Kim","doi":"10.5853/jos.2023.03265","DOIUrl":"10.5853/jos.2023.03265","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and purpose: </strong>In young patients (aged 18-60 years) with patent foramen ovale (PFO)-associated stroke, percutaneous closure has been found to be useful for preventing recurrent ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA). However, it remains unknown whether PFO closure is also beneficial in older patients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients aged ≥60 years who had a cryptogenic stroke and PFO from ten hospitals in South Korea were included. The effect of PFO closure plus medical therapy over medical therapy alone was assessed by a propensity-score matching method in the overall cohort and in those with a high-risk PFO, characterized by the presence of an atrial septal aneurysm or a large shunt.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Out of the 437 patients (mean age, 68.1), 303 (69%) had a high-risk PFO and 161 (37%) patients underwent PFO closure. Over a median follow-up of 3.9 years, recurrent ischemic stroke or TIA developed in 64 (14.6%) patients. In the propensity score-matched cohort of the overall patients (130 pairs), PFO closure was associated with a significantly lower risk of a composite of ischemic stroke or TIA (hazard ratio [HR]: 0.45; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.24-0.84; P=0.012), but not for ischemic stroke. In a subgroup analysis of confined to the high-risk PFO patients (116 pairs), PFO closure was associated with significantly lower risks of both the composite of ischemic stroke or TIA (HR: 0.40; 95% CI: 0.21-0.77; P=0.006) and ischemic stroke (HR: 0.47; 95% CI: 0.23-0.95; P=0.035).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Elderly patients with cryptogenic stroke and PFO have a high recurrence rate of ischemic stroke or TIA, which may be significantly reduced by device closure.</p>","PeriodicalId":17135,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Stroke","volume":"26 2","pages":"242-251"},"PeriodicalIF":8.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11164578/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141248235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of StrokePub Date : 2024-05-01Epub Date: 2024-05-30DOI: 10.5853/jos.2024.00458
Silja Räty, Thanh N Nguyen, Simon Nagel, Davide Strambo, Patrik Michel, Christian Herweh, Muhammad M Qureshi, Mohamad Abdalkader, Pekka Virtanen, Marta Olive-Gadea, Marc Ribo, Marios Psychogios, Anh Nguyen, Joji B Kuramatsu, David Haupenthal, Martin Köhrmann, Cornelius Deuschl, Jordi Kühne Escolà, Jelle Demeestere, Robin Lemmens, Lieselotte Vandewalle, Shadi Yaghi, Liqi Shu, Volker Puetz, Daniel P O Kaiser, Johannes Kaesmacher, Adnan Mujanovic, Dominique Cornelius Marterstoc, Tobias Engelhorn, Anne Berberich, Piers Klein, Diogo C Haussen, Mahmoud H Mohammaden, Hend Abdelhamid, Isabel Fragata, Bruno Cunha, Michele Romoli, Wei Hu, Jianlon Song, Johanna T Fifi, Stavros Matsoukas, Sunil A Sheth, Sergio A Salazar-Marioni, João Pedro Marto, João Nuno Ramos, Milena Miszczuk, Christoph Riegler, Sven Poli, Khouloud Poli, Ashutosh P Jadhav, Shashvat Desai, Volker Maus, Maximilian Kaeder, Adnan H Siddiqui, Andre Monteiro, Tatu Kokkonen, Francesco Diana, Hesham E Masoud, Neil Suryadareva, Maxim Mokin, Shail Thanki, Pauli Ylikotila, Kemal Alpay, James E Siegler, Italo Linfante, Guilherme Dabus, Dileep Yavaghal, Vasu Saini, Christian H Nolte, Eberhart Siebert, Markus A Möhlenbruch, Peter A Ringleb, Raul G Nogueira, Uta Hanning, Lukas Meyer, Urs Fischer, Daniel Strbian
{"title":"Endovascular Thrombectomy Versus Intravenous Thrombolysis of Posterior Cerebral Artery Occlusion Stroke.","authors":"Silja Räty, Thanh N Nguyen, Simon Nagel, Davide Strambo, Patrik Michel, Christian Herweh, Muhammad M Qureshi, Mohamad Abdalkader, Pekka Virtanen, Marta Olive-Gadea, Marc Ribo, Marios Psychogios, Anh Nguyen, Joji B Kuramatsu, David Haupenthal, Martin Köhrmann, Cornelius Deuschl, Jordi Kühne Escolà, Jelle Demeestere, Robin Lemmens, Lieselotte Vandewalle, Shadi Yaghi, Liqi Shu, Volker Puetz, Daniel P O Kaiser, Johannes Kaesmacher, Adnan Mujanovic, Dominique Cornelius Marterstoc, Tobias Engelhorn, Anne Berberich, Piers Klein, Diogo C Haussen, Mahmoud H Mohammaden, Hend Abdelhamid, Isabel Fragata, Bruno Cunha, Michele Romoli, Wei Hu, Jianlon Song, Johanna T Fifi, Stavros Matsoukas, Sunil A Sheth, Sergio A Salazar-Marioni, João Pedro Marto, João Nuno Ramos, Milena Miszczuk, Christoph Riegler, Sven Poli, Khouloud Poli, Ashutosh P Jadhav, Shashvat Desai, Volker Maus, Maximilian Kaeder, Adnan H Siddiqui, Andre Monteiro, Tatu Kokkonen, Francesco Diana, Hesham E Masoud, Neil Suryadareva, Maxim Mokin, Shail Thanki, Pauli Ylikotila, Kemal Alpay, James E Siegler, Italo Linfante, Guilherme Dabus, Dileep Yavaghal, Vasu Saini, Christian H Nolte, Eberhart Siebert, Markus A Möhlenbruch, Peter A Ringleb, Raul G Nogueira, Uta Hanning, Lukas Meyer, Urs Fischer, Daniel Strbian","doi":"10.5853/jos.2024.00458","DOIUrl":"10.5853/jos.2024.00458","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and purpose: </strong>Posterior cerebral artery occlusion (PCAo) can cause long-term disability, yet randomized controlled trials to guide optimal reperfusion strategy are lacking. We compared the outcomes of PCAo patients treated with endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) with or without intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) to patients treated with IVT alone.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>From the multicenter retrospective Posterior cerebraL ArTery Occlusion (PLATO) registry, we included patients with isolated PCAo treated with reperfusion therapy within 24 hours of onset between January 2015 and August 2022. The primary outcome was the distribution of the modified Rankin Scale (mRS) at 3 months. Other outcomes comprised 3-month excellent (mRS 0-1) and independent outcome (mRS 0-2), early neurological improvement (ENI), mortality, and symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (sICH). The treatments were compared using inverse probability weighted regression adjustment.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 724 patients, 400 received EVT+/-IVT and 324 IVT alone (median age 74 years, 57.7% men). The median National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score on admission was 7, and the occluded segment was P1 (43.9%), P2 (48.3%), P3-P4 (6.1%), bilateral (1.0%), or fetal posterior cerebral artery (0.7%). Compared to IVT alone, EVT+/-IVT was not associated with improved functional outcome (adjusted common odds ratio [OR] 1.07, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.79-1.43). EVT increased the odds for ENI (adjusted OR [aOR] 1.49, 95% CI 1.05-2.12), sICH (aOR 2.87, 95% CI 1.23-6.72), and mortality (aOR 1.77, 95% CI 1.07-2.95).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Despite higher odds for early improvement, EVT+/-IVT did not affect functional outcome compared to IVT alone after PCAo. This may be driven by the increased risk of sICH and mortality after EVT.</p>","PeriodicalId":17135,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Stroke","volume":"26 2","pages":"290-299"},"PeriodicalIF":8.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11164587/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141248248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of StrokePub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-01-30DOI: 10.5853/jos.2023.02481
Dong-Wan Kang, Do Yeon Kim, Jonguk Kim, Sung Hyun Baik, Cheolkyu Jung, Nishita Singh, Jae W Song, Hee-Joon Bae, Beom Joon Kim
{"title":"Emerging Concept of Intracranial Arterial Diseases: The Role of High Resolution Vessel Wall MRI.","authors":"Dong-Wan Kang, Do Yeon Kim, Jonguk Kim, Sung Hyun Baik, Cheolkyu Jung, Nishita Singh, Jae W Song, Hee-Joon Bae, Beom Joon Kim","doi":"10.5853/jos.2023.02481","DOIUrl":"10.5853/jos.2023.02481","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Intracranial arterial disease (ICAD) is a heterogeneous condition characterized by distinct pathologies, including atherosclerosis. Advances in magnetic resonance technology have enabled the visualization of intracranial arteries using high-resolution vessel wall imaging (HR-VWI). This review summarizes the anatomical, embryological, and histological differences between the intracranial and extracranial arteries. Next, we review the heterogeneous pathophysiology of ICAD, including atherosclerosis, moyamoya or RNF213 spectrum disease, intracranial dissection, and vasculitis. We also discuss how advances in HR-VWI can be used to differentiate ICAD etiologies. We emphasize that one should consider clinical presentation and timing of imaging in the absence of pathology-radiology correlation data. Future research should focus on understanding the temporal profile of HR-VWI findings and developing quantitative interpretative approaches to improve the decision-making and management of ICAD.</p>","PeriodicalId":17135,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Stroke","volume":"26 1","pages":"26-40"},"PeriodicalIF":8.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10850450/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139702776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of StrokePub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-01-30DOI: 10.5853/jos.2023.02292
Sameh Samir Elawady, Brian Fabian Saway, Hidetoshi Matsukawa, Kazutaka Uchida, Steven Lin, Ilko Maier, Pascal Jabbour, Joon-Tae Kim, Stacey Quintero Wolfe, Ansaar Rai, Robert M Starke, Marios-Nikos Psychogios, Edgar A Samaniego, Adam Arthur, Shinichi Yoshimura, Hugo Cuellar, Jonathan A Grossberg, Ali Alawieh, Daniele G Romano, Omar Tanweer, Justin Mascitelli, Isabel Fragata, Adam Polifka, Joshua Osbun, Roberto Crosa, Charles Matouk, Min S Park, Michael R Levitt, Waleed Brinjikji, Mark Moss, Travis Dumont, Richard Williamson, Pedro Navia, Peter Kan, Reade De Leacy, Shakeel Chowdhry, Mohamad Ezzeldin, Alejandro M Spiotta, Sami Al Kasab
{"title":"Thrombectomy in Stroke Patients With Low Alberta Stroke Program Early Computed Tomography Score: Is Modified Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction (mTICI) 2c/3 Superior to mTICI 2b?","authors":"Sameh Samir Elawady, Brian Fabian Saway, Hidetoshi Matsukawa, Kazutaka Uchida, Steven Lin, Ilko Maier, Pascal Jabbour, Joon-Tae Kim, Stacey Quintero Wolfe, Ansaar Rai, Robert M Starke, Marios-Nikos Psychogios, Edgar A Samaniego, Adam Arthur, Shinichi Yoshimura, Hugo Cuellar, Jonathan A Grossberg, Ali Alawieh, Daniele G Romano, Omar Tanweer, Justin Mascitelli, Isabel Fragata, Adam Polifka, Joshua Osbun, Roberto Crosa, Charles Matouk, Min S Park, Michael R Levitt, Waleed Brinjikji, Mark Moss, Travis Dumont, Richard Williamson, Pedro Navia, Peter Kan, Reade De Leacy, Shakeel Chowdhry, Mohamad Ezzeldin, Alejandro M Spiotta, Sami Al Kasab","doi":"10.5853/jos.2023.02292","DOIUrl":"10.5853/jos.2023.02292","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and purpose: </strong>Outcomes following mechanical thrombectomy (MT) are strongly correlated with successful recanalization, traditionally defined as modified Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction (mTICI) ≥2b. This retrospective cohort study aimed to compare the outcomes of patients with low Alberta Stroke Program Early Computed Tomography Score (ASPECTS; 2-5) who achieved mTICI 2b versus those who achieved mTICI 2c/3 after MT.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study utilized data from the Stroke Thrombectomy and Aneurysm Registry (STAR), which combined databases from 32 thrombectomy-capable stroke centers between 2013 and 2023. The study included only patients with low ASPECTS who achieved mTICI 2b, 2c, or 3 after MT for internal carotid artery or middle cerebral artery (M1) stroke.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 10,229 patients who underwent MT, 234 met the inclusion criteria. Of those, 98 (41.9%) achieved mTICI 2b, and 136 (58.1%) achieved mTICI 2c/3. There were no significant differences in baseline characteristics between the two groups. The 90-day favorable outcome (modified Rankin Scale score: 0-3) was significantly better in the mTICI 2c/3 group than in the mTICI 2b group (adjusted odds ratio 2.35; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.18-4.81; P=0.02). Binomial logistic regression revealed that achieving mTICI 2c/3 was significantly associated with higher odds of a favorable 90-day outcome (odds ratio 2.14; 95% CI 1.07-4.41; P=0.04).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In patients with low ASPECTS, achieving an mTICI 2c/3 score after MT is associated with a more favorable 90-day outcome. These findings suggest that mTICI 2c/3 is a better target for MT than mTICI 2b in patients with low ASPECTS.</p>","PeriodicalId":17135,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Stroke","volume":"26 1","pages":"95-103"},"PeriodicalIF":8.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10850454/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139702781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of StrokePub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-01-22DOI: 10.5853/jos.2023.02222
Eun Namgung, Eun-Jae Lee, Yong-Hwan Kim, Dong-Wha Kang
{"title":"White Matter Structural Connectivity Associated With Visual Field Recovery After Stroke.","authors":"Eun Namgung, Eun-Jae Lee, Yong-Hwan Kim, Dong-Wha Kang","doi":"10.5853/jos.2023.02222","DOIUrl":"10.5853/jos.2023.02222","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17135,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Stroke","volume":" ","pages":"116-120"},"PeriodicalIF":8.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10850453/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139512911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Long-Term Resveratrol Intake for Cognitive and Cerebral Blood Flow Impairment in Carotid Artery Stenosis/Occlusion.","authors":"Yorito Hattori, Yoshinori Kakino, Yuji Hattori, Mari Iwashita, Hitoshi Uchiyama, Kotaro Noda, Takeshi Yoshimoto, Hidehiro Iida, Masafumi Ihara","doi":"10.5853/jos.2023.02733","DOIUrl":"10.5853/jos.2023.02733","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and purpose: </strong>Carotid artery stenosis or occlusion (CASO) is a causative disease of vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) attributed to cerebral hypoperfusion, even without the development of symptomatic ischemic stroke. Preclinically, resveratrol has been demonstrated to play an important role in improving cognitive function in rodent CASO models. This study investigated the association between long-term resveratrol intake and improvements in cognitive and cerebral hemodynamic impairments in patients with CASO.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A retrospective cohort study was conducted on patients with asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis of ≥50% or occlusion who underwent 15O-gas positron emission tomography (15O-gas PET) and neuropsychological tests such as Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive Subscale 13 (ADAS-Cog) twice between July 2020 and March 2022 allowing >125-day interval. Patients were administered 30 mg/day resveratrol after the first 15O-gas PET and neuropsychological tests were compared with those who were not.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 79 patients were enrolled in this study; 36 received resveratrol and 43 did not. Over a mean follow-up of 221.2 and 244.8 days, long-term resveratrol treatment significantly improved visuospatial/executive function (P=0.020) in MoCA, and memory domain (P=0.007) and total score (P=0.019) in ADAS-Cog. Cerebral blood flow demonstrated improvement in the right frontal lobe (P=0.027), left lenticular nucleus (P=0.009), right thalamus (P=0.035), and left thalamus (P=0.010) on 15O-gas PET. No adverse events were reported.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Long-term daily intake of oral resveratrol may prevent or treat VCI by improving the cerebral blood flow in asymptomatic patients with CASO.</p>","PeriodicalId":17135,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Stroke","volume":"26 1","pages":"64-74"},"PeriodicalIF":8.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10850448/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139702778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of StrokePub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-01-09DOI: 10.5853/jos.2023.01529
Jae-Chan Ryu, Boseong Kwon, Yunsun Song, Deok Hee Lee, Jun Young Chang, Dong-Wha Kang, Sun U Kwon, Jong S Kim, Bum Joon Kim
{"title":"Effect of Intravenous Thrombolysis Prior to Mechanical Thrombectomy According to the Location of M1 Occlusion.","authors":"Jae-Chan Ryu, Boseong Kwon, Yunsun Song, Deok Hee Lee, Jun Young Chang, Dong-Wha Kang, Sun U Kwon, Jong S Kim, Bum Joon Kim","doi":"10.5853/jos.2023.01529","DOIUrl":"10.5853/jos.2023.01529","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and purpose: </strong>The additive effects of intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) before mechanical thrombectomy (MT) remain unclear. We aimed to investigate the efficacy and safety of IVT prior to MT depending on the location of M1 occlusion.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We reviewed the cases of patients who underwent MT for emergent large-vessel occlusion of the M1 segment. Baseline characteristics as well as clinical and periprocedural variables were compared according to the location of M1 occlusion (i.e., proximal and distal M1 occlusion). The main outcome was the achievement of functional independence (modified Rankin Scale score, 0-2) at 3 months after stroke. The main outcomes were compared between the proximal and distal groups based on the use of IVT before MT.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 271 patients (proximal occlusion, 44.6%; distal occlusion, 55.4%), 33.9% (41/121) with proximal occlusion and 24.7% (37/150) with distal occlusion underwent IVT prior to MT. Largeartery atherosclerosis was more common in patients with proximal M1 occlusion; cardioembolism was more common in those with distal M1 occlusion. In patients with proximal M1 occlusion, there was no association between IVT before MT and functional independence. In contrast, there was a significant association between the use of IVT prior to MT (odds ratio=5.30, 95% confidence interval=1.56-18.05, P=0.007) and functional independence in patients with distal M1 occlusion.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>IVT before MT was associated with improved functional outcomes in patients with M1 occlusion, especially in those with distal M1 occlusion but not in those with proximal M1 occlusion.</p>","PeriodicalId":17135,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Stroke","volume":" ","pages":"75-86"},"PeriodicalIF":8.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10850451/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139377934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}