Immediate postinterventional flat-panel CT: Differentiation of hemorrhagic transformation from contrast exudation of acute ischemic stroke patients after thrombectomy.

Background: Flat-panel computed tomography (CT) is an available imaging modality immediately after endovascular thrombectomy without transferring patients to the CT room.

Purpose: To determine the accuracy of flat-panel CT scans in differentiating hemorrhagic transformation (HT) from contrast exudation after thrombectomy in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS).

Material And Methods: From January 2019 to December 2021, consecutive patients with AIS who received an immediate flat-panel CT scan and follow-up neuroimaging after thrombectomy were enrolled in our study.

Early plasma D-dimer as a predictor of acute intracranial atherosclerosis-related large vessel occlusion in acute ischemic stroke.

Background: Intracranial atherosclerosis-related large vessel occlusion (ICAS+LVO) poses an important technical challenge for endovascular thrombectomy (EVT).

Purpose: To evaluate the value of D-dimer in predicting ICAS+LVO alone and in combination with other clinical and imaging predictors.

Material And Methods: Consecutive patients who underwent EVT at our center between January 2018 and June 2021 were retrospectively reviewed.

Outcomes between in-hospital stroke and community-onset stroke after thrombectomy: Propensity-score matching analysis.

Background: The benefit of endovascular thrombectomy for patients with in-hospital stroke remains unclear. Thus, the aim of this study was to compare the endovascular thrombectomy outcomes between in-hospital stroke and community-onset stroke among patients with acute ischemic stroke.

Methods: From January 2015 to July 2019, 362 consecutive patients with acute ischemic stroke with large vessel occlusion in the anterior circulation received endovascular thrombectomy in our centre.