ArticleOncotarget2016
Distance to Thrombus in acute middle cerebral artery stroke predicts basal ganglia infarction after mechanical thrombectomy.
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- Effect of Perforator Territory Infarction on Functional Outcome in Patients With Large Vessel Occlusion.Stroke · 2025Trial
- ACA-A1 segment development affects basal ganglia infarct severity and thrombectomy safety in MCA occlusion.European stroke journal · 2026Article
- Delayed CTP-Derived Deep Venous Outflow: A Novel Predictor of Striatocapsular Infarction after M1 Thrombectomy.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2022Article
- Outcome after Thrombectomy of Acute M1 and Carotid-T Occlusions with Involvement of the Corticospinal Tract in Postinterventional Imaging.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Early Thrombectomy Protects the Internal Capsule in Patients With Proximal Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion.Stroke · 2021Observational
- Lenticulostriate arteries appearance before thrombectomy predicts good outcome in acute middle cerebral artery occlusion.BMC neurology · 2020Article
- Hydroxybutyrate promotes the recovery from cerebral infarction by activating Amp-activated protein kinase signaling.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2018Article
- Isolated Striatocapsular Infarcts after Endovascular Treatment of Acute Proximal Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusions: Prevalence, Enabling Factors, and Clinical Outcome.Frontiers in neurology · 2017Article
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Abstract
background and purposeThis study examines if involvement of the lenticulostriate arteries (LSAs) in MCA stroke and consecutive infarction of the basal ganglia can be predicted by the exact occlusion site, as determined in pre-interventional CT or MRI imaging.
methodsRetrospective analysis of 212 patients with acute isolated MCA occlusions treated with mechanical thrombectomy. The occlusion site was assessed using the Distance to Thrombus (DT). Affection of LSAs by the occlusion was determined by analysis of pre- and post-interventional DSA runs. Infarction of the striatocapsular region was evaluated in post-interventional imaging.
resultsDT showed a highly significant correlation with the affected LSA group (ρ = 0.747; P < 0.001). In a ROC analysis, DT could predict affection of the LSAs with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.903. Additionally, DT could predict an infarction of the striatocapsular region with an AUC of 0.824. In a stepwise regression analysis for striatocapsular infarction including DT, age, time from symptom onset to recanalization and recanalization success, only DT proved to be an independent predictor.
conclusionIn MCA stroke, the exact site of the occlusion as measured by DT independently predicts the involvement of LSAs and subsequent striatocapsular infarction with high sensitivity and specificity.
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