Endovascular therapy in patients with large vessel occlusion due to cardioembolism large-artery atherosclerosis.

Background And Aims: To investigate whether stroke aetiology affects outcome in patients with acute ischaemic stroke who undergo endovascular therapy.

Methods: We retrospectively analysed patients from the Bernese Stroke Centre Registry (January 2010-September 2018), with acute large vessel occlusion in the anterior circulation due to cardioembolism or large-artery atherosclerosis, treated with endovascular therapy (±intravenous thrombolysis).

Results: The study included 850 patients (median age 77.

Association of anemia and hemoglobin decrease during acute stroke treatment with infarct growth and clinical outcome.

Background And Purpose: Anemia is associated with worse outcome in stroke, but the impact of anemia with intravenous thrombolysis or endovascular therapy has hardly been delineated. The aim of this study was to analyze the role of anemia on infarct evolution and outcome after acute stroke treatment.

Methods: 1158 patients from Bern and 321 from Los Angeles were included.