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Observational studyCerebrovascular diseases extra2020

Anemia Predicts Poor Clinical Outcome in Mechanical Thrombectomy Patients with Fair or Good Collateral Circulation.

Juha-Pekka Pienimäki, Sara Protto, Eetu Hakomäki, Pasi Jolma, Niko Sillanpää

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Observational study in Cerebrovascular diseases extra, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Juha-Pekka PienimäkiVascular and Interventional Radiology Center, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.
Sara ProttoVascular and Interventional Radiology Center, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland, sara.protto@pshp.fi.
Eetu HakomäkiVascular and Interventional Radiology Center, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.
Pasi JolmaDepartment of Neurology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.
Niko SillanpääVascular and Interventional Radiology Center, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.
Tampere University Hospital · FI

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background and purposeAnemia predicts poor clinical outcome of ischemic stroke in the general stroke population. We studied whether this applies to those treated with mechanical thrombectomy for proximal anterior circulation occlusion in the setting of differing collateral circulation.

methodsWe collected the data of 347 consecutive anterior circulation stroke patients who underwent mechanical thrombectomy after multimodal CT imaging in a single tertiary stroke care center. Patients with occlusion of the internal carotid artery and/or the first segment of the middle cerebral artery were included. We recorded baseline clinical, laboratory, procedural, and imaging variables, and the technical, imaging, and clinical outcomes. Differences between anemic and nonanemic patients were studied with appropriate statistical tests and binary logistic regression analysis.

resultsNinety-four out of the 285 patients eligible for analysis had anemia, and 243 had fair or good collateral circulation (collateral score, CS, >0). Fifty-four percent of the patients experienced good 3-month clinical outcome (modified Rankin Scale ≤2). In pooled analyses of the CS 1-4 and 2-4 ranges, nonanemic patients had good clinical outcome significantly more often (p < 0.001 for both). This effect was not seen in patients with poor collateral circulation (CS = 0). Nonanemic patients had significantly better odds of good clinical outcome (OR = 2.6, 95% CI 1.377-5.030, p = 0.004) in a binary regression model. A 0.1 g/dL increase in hemoglobin improved the odds of good clinical outcome by 2% (OR = 1.02, 95% CI 1.002-1.044, p = 0.03).

conclusionsLow hemoglobin on admission predicts poor clinical outcome in mechanical thrombectomy patients with fair or good collateral circulation.

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Cerebrovascular CirculationCollateral CirculationThrombectomyAgedAged, 80 and overAnemiaBiomarkersDisability EvaluationFemaleFunctional StatusHemoglobinsHumansIschemic StrokeMaleMiddle AgedPatient AdmissionBiomarkersHemoglobinsAnemiaCollateral circulationIschemic strokeMechanical thrombectomy

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PMID33091900
PMCPMC7670357
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