Thrombectomy vs Medical Management for Posterior Cerebral Artery Stroke: Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Real-World Data.
Chen H, Khunte M, Colasurdo M, Malhotra A, Gandhi D. Thrombectomy vs Medical Management for Posterior Cerebral Artery Stroke: Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Real-World Data. Neurology 2024, 102: e209315. PMID: 38626383, PMCID: PMC11175628, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000209315.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSymptomatic intracranial hemorrhagePosterior cerebral arteryAssociated with higher oddsNational Inpatient SampleEndovascular thrombectomyHigher oddsMedical managementCohort studyFunctional independencePosterior cerebral artery strokeSafety of endovascular thrombectomyOdds of symptomatic intracranial hemorrhageAssociated with significantly higher ratesOxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine criteriaRates of in-hospital mortalityCentre for Evidence-Based Medicine criteriaMeta-analysisRate of ICHAssociated with different oddsHigher odds of deathRate of subarachnoid hemorrhageIn-hospital mortalityAssociated with lower ratesClass III evidenceLevel of evidenceSex Discrepancies in the Population Incidence of Stroke and Hemorrhage Related to Atrial Fibrillation or Flutter
Khunte M, Chen H, Colasurdo M, Chaturvedi S, Malhotra A, Gandhi D. Sex Discrepancies in the Population Incidence of Stroke and Hemorrhage Related to Atrial Fibrillation or Flutter. Cerebrovascular Diseases 2024, 1-6. PMID: 38432203, DOI: 10.1159/000538108.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAF-related ischemic strokeIschemic strokeAssociated with higher stroke riskIschemic stroke hospitalizationsRisk factorsAF-related strokeICD-10 codesRisk of hospitalizationVascular risk factorsRates of anticoagulant useHigher stroke riskIncidence of hospitalizationNational Inpatient SampleHigher stroke severityUnited States Census BureauIncidence of strokeAtrial fibrillationPatient demographic informationStroke hospitalizationsStroke characteristicsRelative riskICD-10Population incidenceRates of large vessel occlusionsRisk of morbidity