Giancarlo Salsano, Giovanni Pracucci, Nicola Mavilio, Valentina Saia, Monica Bandettini di Poggio, Laura Malfatto, Fabrizio Sallustio, Andrea Wlderk, Nicola Limbucci, Patrizia Nencini, Stefano Vallone, Andrea Zini, Guido Bigliardi, Mariano Velo, Isabella Francalanza, Paola Gennari, Rossana Tassi, Mauro Bergui, Paolo Cerrato, Giuseppe Carità, Cristiano Azzini, Roberto Gasparotti, Mauro Magoni, Salvatore Isceri, Christian Commodaro, Francesco Cordici, Roberto Menozzi, Lilia Latte, Mirco Cosottini, Michelangelo Mancuso, Alessio Comai, Enrica Franchini, Andrea Alexandre, Giacomo Della Marca, Edoardo Puglielli, Alfonsina Casalena, Francesco Causin, Claudio Baracchini, Luca Di Maggio, Andrea Naldi, Andrea Grazioli, Stefano Forlivesi, Luigi Chiumarulo, Marco Petruzzellis, Giuseppina Sanfilippo, Gianpaolo Toscano, Nicola Cavasin, Critelli Adriana, Maria Porzia Ganimede, Maria Pia Prontera, Giorgianni Andrea, Marco Mauri, William Auteri, Alfredo Petrone, Carlo Cirelli, Anne Falcou, Simona Corraine, Valeria Piras, Giuseppe Ganci, Tiziana Tassinari, Nunzio Paolo Nuzzi, Manuel Corato, Simona Sacco, Guido Squassina, Paolo Invernizzi, Ivan Gallesio, Delfina Ferrandi, Giovanni Dui, Gianluca Deiana, Pietro Amistà, Monia Russo, Francesco Pintus, Antonio Baule, Giuseppe Craparo, Marina Mannino, Lucio Castellan, Danilo Toni, Salvatore Mangiafico
BACKGROUND: There are limited data concerning procedure-related complications of endovascular thrombectomy for large vessel occlusion strokes. AIMS: We evaluated the cumulative incidence, the clinical relevance in terms of increased disability and mortality, and risk factors for complications. METHODS: From January 2011 to December 2017, 4799 patients were enrolled by 36 centers in the Italian Registry of Endovascular Stroke Treatment. Data on demographic and procedural characteristics, complications, and clinical outcome at three months were prospectively collected...
October 2021: International Journal of Stroke: Official Journal of the International Stroke Society