Increased blood pressure variability after endovascular thrombectomy for acute stroke is associated with worse clinical outcome
Bennett AE, Wilder MJ, McNally JS, Wold JJ, Stoddard GJ, Majersik JJ, Ansari S, de Havenon A. Increased blood pressure variability after endovascular thrombectomy for acute stroke is associated with worse clinical outcome. Journal Of NeuroInterventional Surgery 2018, 10: 823. PMID: 29352059, DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2017-013473.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsModified Rankin ScaleBlood pressure variabilityIntra-arterial therapyIntravenous tissue plasminogen activatorPressure variabilityTissue plasminogen activatorLogistic regression modelsOrdinal logistic regression modelsIschemic strokeWorse outcomesMean age 63.2 yearsMedian admission National InstitutesMultivariable ordinal logistic regression modelsSystolic blood pressure variabilityPlasminogen activatorAdmission National InstitutesWorse neurologic outcomeWorse clinical outcomesLogistic regression analysisOrdinal logistic regression analysisIndependent predictive abilitySuccessive variationAcute strokeEndovascular thrombectomyNeurologic outcome