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Multicenter Study
. 2021 Jan;28(1):229-237.
doi: 10.1111/ene.14539. Epub 2020 Oct 27.

Prognosis and risk factors associated with asymptomatic intracranial hemorrhage after endovascular treatment of large vessel occlusion stroke: a prospective multicenter cohort study

P Constant Dit Beaufils  1 , C Preterre  1 , S De Gaalon  1 , J Labreuche  2 , M Mazighi  3 , F Di Maria  4 , I Sibon  5 , G Marnat  6 , F Gariel  6 , R Blanc  3 , B Gory  7   8 , A Consoli  4 , F Zhu  7   8 , S Richard  9   10 , R Fahed  11   12 , H Desal  11   12 , B Lapergue  13 , B Guillon  1 , R Bourcier  11   12 ; Endovascular Treatment in Ischemic Stroke (ETIS) Research Investigators
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Multicenter Study

Prognosis and risk factors associated with asymptomatic intracranial hemorrhage after endovascular treatment of large vessel occlusion stroke: a prospective multicenter cohort study

P Constant Dit Beaufils et al. Eur J Neurol. 2021 Jan.

Abstract

Background and purpose: Asymptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (aICH) is a common occurrence after endovascular treatment (EVT) for acute ischemic stroke (AIS). The aims of this study were to address its impact on 3-month functional outcome and to identify risk factors for aICH after EVT.

Methods: Patients with AIS attributable to anterior circulation large vessel occlusion who underwent EVT were enrolled in a multicenter prospective registry. Based on imaging performed 22-36 h post-EVT, we included patients with no intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) or aICH. Poor outcome defined as a 3-month modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score 4-6 and overall 3-month mRS score distribution were compared according to presence/absence of aICH, and aICH subtype using logistic regression. We assessed the risk factors of aICH using a multivariate logistic regression model.

Results: Of the 1526 patients included in the study, 653 (42.7%) had aICH. Patients with aICH had a higher rate of poor outcome: odds ratio (OR) 1.88 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.44-2.44). Shift analysis of mRS score found a fully adjusted OR of 1.79 (95% CI 1.47-2.18). Hemorrhagic infarction (OR 1.63 [95% CI 1.22-2.18]) and parenchymal hematoma (OR 2.99 [95% CI 1.77-5.02]) were associated with higher risk of poor outcome. Male sex, diabetes, coronary artery disease, baseline National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score and Alberta Stroke Program Early Computed Tomography Score, number of passes and onset to groin puncture time were independently associated with aICH.

Conclusions: Patients with aICH, irrespective of the radiological pattern, have a worse functional outcome at 3 months compared with those without ICH after EVT for AIS. The number of EVT passes and the time from onset to groin puncture are factors that could be modified to reduce deleterious ICH.

Keywords: asymptomatic; endovascular treatment; intracerebral hemorrhage; prognosis; stroke.

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