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We investigated the impact of workflow times on the outcomes of patients treated with endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) in the late time window.
Methods:
Individual patients’ data who underwent EVT in the late time window (onset to imaging >6 hours) were pooled from seven registries and randomized clinical trials. Multiple time intervals were analyzed. Mixed-effects logistic regression was used to estimate the likelihood of functional independence at 90 days (modified Rankin Scale 0–2). Mixed-effects negative binomial regression was used to evaluate the relationship between patient characteristics and workflow time intervals.
Results:
608 patients were included. The median age was 70 years (IQR: 58–71), 307 (50.5%) were female, and 310 (53.2%) had wake-up strokes. Successful reperfusion was achieved in 493 (81.2%) patients, and 262 (44.9%) achieved 90-day mRS 0–2. The estimated odds of functional independence decreased by 13% for every 30 minute delay from emergency department (ED) arrival to imaging time and by 7% from ED arrival to the end of EVT in the entire cohort. Also, the estimated odds of functional independence decreased by 33% for every 30 minute delay in the interval from arterial puncture to end of EVT, 16% in the interval from arrival in ED to end of EVT and 6% in the interval from stroke onset to end of EVT among patients who had a wake-up stroke.
Conclusion:
Faster workflow from ED arrival to end of EVT is associated with improved functional independence among stroke patients treated in the late window.
Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS) is a multisystem autoimmune disease characterized by venous or arterial thrombosis and/or pregnancy morbidity in the presence of persistent antiphosholipid antibodies (aPLs). Central nervous system is often affected and thrombotic or embolic ischaemic stroke (IS) is the most frequent complication. Intracranial stenosis or occlusion accounts for about 50% of APS patients, especially in the Middle cerebral artery territory (MCA). We report a case of a young woman with recurrent cerebral ischemic lesions and history of miscarriages. In 2015 a 43 years old woman was admitted to Emergency Department (ED) due to a left brachial weakness at wake-up from an ischemic fronto-parietal lesions and steno-occlusion of the proximal M1 segment of the right Middle Cerebral Artery (MCA). She had a history of arterial hypertension, migraine, previous transient ischemic attack (TIA) and was a tobacco smoker. Diagnostic workup showed high levels of aPLs. She was discharged with improved clinical conditions on antiplatelet and steroid therapy, but she had recurrent IS a month later and three years later. In the same period, she reported two miscarriages. Follow up lab tests confirmed high-titre of aPLs. Therefore, diagnosis of APS was validated. A direct oral anticoagulant was started. No recurrent events occurred over the next 2-year follow-up. Stroke is a common manifestation in APS. Diagnosis of APS is not easy. Prospective data on the therapeutic approach to APS patients with IS are scarce and recurrence rate of thrombotic events among APS patients are high, despite anticoagulation