Blood Pressure Changes During Mechanical Thrombectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke Are Associated With Serious Early Treatment Complications: Symptomatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage and Malignant Brain Edema.

Background: Symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (sICH) and malignant brain edema (MBE) are well-known deleterious endovascular treatment (EVT) complications that some studies found to be associated with postprocedural blood pressure (BP) variability. We aimed to evaluate their association with periprocedural BP changes, including its intraprocedural decrease.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the data of 132 consecutive patients that underwent EVT between 1 December 2018 and 31 December 2019, for anterior circulation ischemic stroke.