Reocclusion after successful endovascular treatment in acute ischemic stroke: systematic review and meta-analysis
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Oliveira R, Correia MA, Marto JP, Carvalho Dias M, Mohamed GA, Nguyen TN, Nogueira RG, Aboul-Nour H, Marin H, Bou Chebl A, Mohammaden MH, Al-Bayati AR, Haussen DC, Abdalkader M, Fifi JT, Ortega-Gutierrez S, Yavagal DR, Mayer SA, Tsivgoulis G, Neto LL, and Aguiar de Sousa D. Reocclusion after successful endovascular treatment in acute ischemic stroke: systematic review and meta-analysis. J Neurointerv Surg 2022.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-3-2022
Publication Title
J Neurointerv Surg
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Endovascular treatment (EVT) is the standard of care for selected patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) due to large vessel occlusion (LVO).
OBJECTIVE: To systematically review the available data on: (1) incidence, predictors, and outcomes of patients with reocclusion after successful EVT for AIS and, (2) the characteristics, complications, and outcomes of patients with reocclusion treated with repeated EVT (rEVT) within 30 days of the first procedure.
METHODS: PubMed was searched (between January 2012 and April 2021) to identify studies reporting reocclusion following successful EVT (Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction ≥2b) in patients with AIS due to LVO. Pooled incidence of reocclusion per 100 patients with successful recanalization following EVT was calculated using a random-effects model with Freeman-Tukey double arcsine transformation. Extracted incidences of reocclusion according to etiology and use of intravenous thrombolysis were pooled using random-effects meta-analytic models.
RESULTS: A total of 840 studies was identified and seven studies qualified for the quantitative analysis, which described 91 same-vessel reocclusions occurring within the first 7 days after treatment among 2067 patients (4.9%; 95% CI 3% to 7%, I(2)=70.2%). Large vessel atherosclerosis was associated with an increased risk of reocclusion (OR=3.44, 95% CI 1.12 to 10.61, I(2)=50%). We identified 90 patients treated with rEVT for recurrent LVO, described in five studies. The rates of procedural complications, mortality, and unfavorable functional outcome at 3 months were 18.0%, 18.9%, and 60.3%, respectively.
CONCLUSION: In cohorts of patients with AIS due to LVO, 5% of patients experienced reocclusion within 7 days after successful EVT. Repeated EVT can be a safe and effective treatment for selected patients with reocclusion.
PubMed ID
36328479
ePublication
ePub ahead of print
