Henk van Voorst, Jan W Hoving, Miou S Koopman, Jasper D Daems, Daan Peerlings, Erik Buskens, Hester Lingsma, Henk A Marquering, Hugo W A M de Jong, Olvert A Berkhemer, Wim H van Zwam, Marianne A A van Walderveen, Ido R van den Wijngaard, Diederik W J Dippel, Albert J Yoo, Bruce Campbell, Wolfgang G Kunz, Charles B Majoie, Bart J Emmer
BACKGROUND: Although CT perfusion (CTP) is often incorporated in acute stroke workflows, it remains largely unclear what the associated costs and health implications are in the long run of CTP-based patient selection for endovascular treatment (EVT) in patients presenting within 6 hours after symptom onset with a large vessel occlusion. METHODS: Patients with a large vessel occlusion were included from a Dutch nationwide cohort (n=703) if CTP imaging was performed before EVT within 6 hours after stroke onset...
December 30, 2023: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry