Roni Esther Widmer, Andrea Bink, Janne Hamann, Lisa Herzog, Mohamad El Amki, Hakan Sarikaya, Zsolt Kulcsar, Andreas Rüdiger Luft, Susanne Wegener
INTRODUCTION: Smoking is an established risk factor for stroke. However, several studies have reported a better outcome after stroke for patients who smoke. According to this "smoking paradox" hypothesis, smoking might promote less severe strokes, higher collateral scores and smaller infarct cores. METHODS: In this retrospective study, we screened data of 2980 acute ischemic stroke patients with MCA-M1 occlusion treated with mechanical thrombectomy. Patients were categorized according to smoking status (current, former or never)...
August 10, 2023: European Neurology