Impact of atrial fibrillation on the treatment effect of bridging thrombolysis in ischemic stroke patients undergoing endovascular thrombectomy : a multicenter international cohort study

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BACKGROUND: The role of bridging intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) before endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) remains debatable. Atrial fibrillation (AF) associated strokes may be associated with reduced treatment effect from IVT. This study compares the effect of bridging IVT in AF and non-AF patients.

METHODS: This retrospective cohort study comprised anterior circulation large vessel occlusion (LVO) AIS patients receiving EVT alone or bridging IVT plus EVT within 6 hours of symptom onset. Primary outcome was good functional outcome defined as modified Rankin Scale (mRS) 0-2 at 90 days. Secondary outcomes were successful reperfusion defined as expanded Thrombolysis In Cerebral Infarction (eTICI) grading ≥2b flow, symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage (sICH), and in-hospital mortality.

RESULTS: We included 705 patients (314 AF and 391 non-AF patients). The mean age was 68.6 years and 53.9% were male. The odds of good functional outcomes with bridging IVT was higher in the non-AF (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 2.28, 95% CI 1.06 to 4.91, P=0.035) compared with the AF subgroups (aOR 1.89, 95% CI 0.89 to 4.01, P=0.097). However, this did not constitute a significant effect modification by the presence of AF on bridging IVT (interaction aOR 0.12, 95% CI -1.94 to 2.18, P=0.455). The rate of successful reperfusion, sICH, and mortality were similar between bridging IVT and EVT for both AF and non-AF patients.

CONCLUSION: The presence of AF did not modify the treatment effect of bridging IVT. Further individual patient data meta-analysis of randomized trials may shed light on the comparative efficacy of bridging IVT in AF versus non-AF LVO strokes.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

Journal of neurointerventional surgery - 15(2023), 12 vom: 06. Dez., Seite 1274-1279

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Loo, Jing Hong [VerfasserIn]
Leow, Aloysius St [VerfasserIn]
Jing, Mingxue [VerfasserIn]
Sia, Ching-Hui [VerfasserIn]
Chan, Bernard Pl [VerfasserIn]
Seet, Raymond Cs [VerfasserIn]
Teoh, Hock-Luen [VerfasserIn]
Meyer, Lukas [VerfasserIn]
Fiehler, Jens [VerfasserIn]
Papanagiotou, Panagiotis [VerfasserIn]
Kastrup, Andreas [VerfasserIn]
Mpotsaris, Anastasios [VerfasserIn]
Maus, Volker [VerfasserIn]
Yapici, Furkan [VerfasserIn]
Simonato, Davide [VerfasserIn]
Gabrieli, Joseph D [VerfasserIn]
Cester, Giacomo [VerfasserIn]
Bhogal, Pervinder [VerfasserIn]
Spooner, Oliver [VerfasserIn]
Nikola, Christos [VerfasserIn]
Joshi, Abhishek [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Tsong-Hai [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Jiale [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Yimin [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Shuiquan [VerfasserIn]
Sharma, Vijay Kumar [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Benjamin Yq [VerfasserIn]
Yeo, Leonard Ll [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Fibrinolytic Agents
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Stroke
Thrombectomy
Thrombolysis

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Date Completed 15.02.2024

Date Revised 15.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/jnis-2022-019590

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NLM351206396