Beom Joon Kim, Bijoy K Menon, Joonsang Yoo, Jung Hoon Han, Bum Joon Kim, Chi Kyung Kim, Jae Guk Kim, Joon-Tae Kim, Hyungjong Park, Sung Hyun Baik, Moon-Ku Han, Jihoon Kang, Jun Yup Kim, Keon-Joo Lee, Jong-Moo Park, Kyusik Kang, Soo Joo Lee, Jae-Kwan Cha, Dae-Hyun Kim, Jin-Heon Jeong, Tai Hwan Park, Sang-Soon Park, Kyung Bok Lee, Jun Lee, Keun-Sik Hong, Yong-Jin Cho, Hong-Kyun Park, Byung-Chul Lee, Kyung-Ho Yu, Mi-Sun Oh, Dong-Eog Kim, Wi-Sun Ryu, Kang-Ho Choi, Jay Chol Choi, Joong-Goo Kim, Jee-Hyun Kwon, Wook-Joo Kim, Dong-Ick Shin, Kyu Sun Yum, Sung-Il Sohn, Jeong-Ho Hong, Chulho Kim, Sang-Hwa Lee, Juneyoung Lee, Mohammed A Almekhlafi, Andrew Demchuk, Hee-Joon Bae
Background and purpose: There is much uncertainty in endovascular treatment (EVT) decisions in patients with acute large vessel occlusion (LVO) and mild neurological deficits. Methods: From a prospective, nationwide stroke registry, all patients with LVO and baseline NIHSS <6 presenting within 24 h from the time last known well (LKW) were included. Early neurological deterioration (END) developed before EVT was prospectively collected as an increasing total NIHSS score ≥2 or any worsening of the NIHSS consciousness or motor subscores during hospitalization not related to EVT...
2022: Frontiers in Neurology