Admission Blood Pressure and Outcomes Following Thrombectomy

Outcomes were worse for patients with an admission blood pressure of 140 mm Hg or higher than in those with lower blood pressure.

Patients who are otherwise candidates for intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke typically do not receive the treatment unless and until blood pressure (BP) is 185/110 mm Hg or lower. However, the relationship between initial BP and outcomes following endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) for stroke is unclear. These authors conducted a pooled individual-patient data analysis from seven randomized trials comparing EVT with usual care for stroke. The aim of the industry-funded analysis was to determine whether admission BP is associated with outcomes following EVT and to assess the results according to a range of BP values.

Among 1753 patients with data available (median age, 67 years; 55% male), 42% had admission BP <140 mm Hg, and 58%…

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Seemant Chaturvedi, MD

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Consultant/Advisory BoardBayer Pharmaceuticals; Novartis

Grant/Research SupportNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Editorial BoardsNeurology; Stroke

Seemant Chaturvedi, MD

Disclosures

Consultant/Advisory BoardBayer Pharmaceuticals; Novartis

Grant/Research SupportNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Editorial BoardsNeurology; Stroke

Admission Blood Pressure and Outcomes Following Thrombectomy

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