Kazutaka Uchida, Hiroshi Yamagami, Nobuyuki Sakai, Koji Iihara, Hirotoshi Imamura, Akira Ishii, Yuji Matsumaru, Chiaki Sakai, Tetsu Satow, Fumihiro Sakakibara, Manabu Shirakawa, Shinichi Yoshimura
BACKGROUND: Endovascular therapy (EVT) reduces functional disability in patients with acute large vessel occlusion (LVO). However, the early neurological change after EVT may be limited in patients with intracranial atherosclerotic disease (ICAD). METHODS: We analyzed the Japanese Registry of NeuroEndovascular Therapy (JR-NET) 4 which was a retrospective, nationwide, multicenter registry of patients with LVO between 2015 and 2019. We compared the early neurological change, efficacy and safety of EVT for acute LVO in ICAD and other etiologies...
March 26, 2024: Journal of the Neurological Sciences