International controlled study of revascularization and outcomes following COVID-positive mechanical thrombectomy

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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Previous studies suggest that mechanisms and outcomes in patients with COVID-19-associated stroke differ from those in patients with non-COVID-19-associated strokes, but there is limited comparative evidence focusing on these populations. The aim of this study, therefore, was to determine if a significant association exists between COVID-19 status with revascularization and functional outcomes following thrombectomy for large vessel occlusion (LVO), after adjustment for potential confounding factors.

METHODS: A cross-sectional, international multicenter retrospective study was conducted in consecutively admitted COVID-19 patients with concomitant acute LVO, compared to a control group without COVID-19. Data collected included age, gender, comorbidities, clinical characteristics, details of the involved vessels, procedural technique, and various outcomes. A multivariable-adjusted analysis was conducted.

RESULTS: In this cohort of 697 patients with acute LVO, 302 had COVID-19 while 395 patients did not. There was a significant difference (p < 0.001) in the mean age (in years) and gender of patients, with younger patients and more males in the COVID-19 group. In terms of favorable revascularization (modified Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction [mTICI] grade 3), COVID-19 was associated with lower odds of complete revascularization (odds ratio 0.33, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.23-0.48; p < 0.001), which persisted on multivariable modeling with adjustment for other predictors (adjusted odds ratio 0.30, 95% CI 0.12-0.77; p = 0.012). Moreover, endovascular complications, in-hospital mortality, and length of hospital stay were significantly higher among COVID-19 patients (p < 0.001).

CONCLUSION: COVID-19 was an independent predictor of incomplete revascularization and poor functional outcome in patients with stroke due to LVO. Furthermore, COVID-19 patients with LVO were more often younger and had higher morbidity/mortality rates.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:29

Enthalten in:

European journal of neurology - 29(2022), 11 vom: 21. Nov., Seite 3273-3287

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dmytriw, Adam A [VerfasserIn]
Ghozy, Sherief [VerfasserIn]
Sweid, Ahmad [VerfasserIn]
Piotin, Michel [VerfasserIn]
Bekelis, Kimon [VerfasserIn]
Sourour, Nader [VerfasserIn]
Raz, Eytan [VerfasserIn]
Vela-Duarte, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Linfante, Italo [VerfasserIn]
Dabus, Guilherme [VerfasserIn]
Kole, Max [VerfasserIn]
Martínez-Galdámez, Mario [VerfasserIn]
Nimjee, Shahid M [VerfasserIn]
Lopes, Demetrius K [VerfasserIn]
Hassan, Ameer E [VerfasserIn]
Kan, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Ghorbani, Mohammad [VerfasserIn]
Levitt, Michael R [VerfasserIn]
Escalard, Simon [VerfasserIn]
Missios, Symeon [VerfasserIn]
Shapiro, Maksim [VerfasserIn]
Clarençon, Fréderic [VerfasserIn]
Elhorany, Mahmoud [VerfasserIn]
Tahir, Rizwan A [VerfasserIn]
Youssef, Patrick P [VerfasserIn]
Pandey, Aditya S [VerfasserIn]
Starke, Robert M [VerfasserIn]
El Naamani, Kareem [VerfasserIn]
Abbas, Rawad [VerfasserIn]
Mansour, Ossama Y [VerfasserIn]
Galvan, Jorge [VerfasserIn]
Billingsley, Joshua T [VerfasserIn]
Mortazavi, Abolghasem [VerfasserIn]
Walker, Melanie [VerfasserIn]
Dibas, Mahmoud [VerfasserIn]
Settecase, Fabio [VerfasserIn]
Heran, Manraj K S [VerfasserIn]
Kuhn, Anna L [VerfasserIn]
Puri, Ajit S [VerfasserIn]
Menon, Bijoy K [VerfasserIn]
Sivakumar, Sanjeev [VerfasserIn]
Mowla, Ashkan [VerfasserIn]
D'Amato, Salvatore [VerfasserIn]
Zha, Alicia M [VerfasserIn]
Cooke, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Vranic, Justin E [VerfasserIn]
Regenhardt, Robert W [VerfasserIn]
Rabinov, James D [VerfasserIn]
Stapleton, Christopher J [VerfasserIn]
Goyal, Mayank [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Hannah [VerfasserIn]
Cohen, Jake [VerfasserIn]
Turkel-Parella, David [VerfasserIn]
Xavier, Andrew [VerfasserIn]
Waqas, Muhammad [VerfasserIn]
Tutino, Vincent [VerfasserIn]
Siddiqui, Adnan [VerfasserIn]
Gupta, Gaurav [VerfasserIn]
Nanda, Anil [VerfasserIn]
Khandelwal, Priyank [VerfasserIn]
Tiu, Cristina [VerfasserIn]
Portela, Pere C [VerfasserIn]
Perez de la Ossa, Natalia [VerfasserIn]
Urra, Xabier [VerfasserIn]
de Lera, Mercedes [VerfasserIn]
Arenillas, Juan F [VerfasserIn]
Ribo, Marc [VerfasserIn]
Requena, Manuel [VerfasserIn]
Piano, Mariangela [VerfasserIn]
Pero, Guglielmo [VerfasserIn]
De Sousa, Keith [VerfasserIn]
Al-Mufti, Fawaz [VerfasserIn]
Hashim, Zafar [VerfasserIn]
Nayak, Sanjeev [VerfasserIn]
Renieri, Leonardo [VerfasserIn]
Du, Rose [VerfasserIn]
Aziz-Sultan, Mohamed A [VerfasserIn]
Liebeskind, David [VerfasserIn]
Nogueira, Raul G [VerfasserIn]
Abdalkader, Mohamad [VerfasserIn]
Nguyen, Thanh N [VerfasserIn]
Vigilante, Nicholas [VerfasserIn]
Siegler, James E [VerfasserIn]
Grossberg, Jonathan A [VerfasserIn]
Saad, Hassan [VerfasserIn]
Gooch, Michael R [VerfasserIn]
Herial, Nabeel A [VerfasserIn]
Rosenwasser, Robert H [VerfasserIn]
Tjoumakaris, Stavropoula [VerfasserIn]
Patel, Aman B [VerfasserIn]
Tiwari, Ambooj [VerfasserIn]
Jabbour, Pascal [VerfasserIn]
North American Neurovascular COVID-19 (NAN-C) Consortium & Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology (SVIN) Investigators [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Journal Article
Large vessel occlusion
Morbidity
Mortality
Multicenter Study
Stroke

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Date Completed 10.10.2022

Date Revised 09.11.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/ene.15493

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM343391805