Recanalisation success is independent of ASPECTS in predicting outcomes after intra-arterial therapy for acute ischaemic stroke

Abstract

Intra-arterial (IA) therapy for stroke is an increasingly utilised management approach for acute ischaemic stroke. We aimed to correlate radiological characteristics and recanalisation success with radiological and functional outcomes at 90 days in patients treated with IA therapy. This was a single centre, retrospective study investigating the correlation between pre-procedural Computed Tomography-Angiogram Source Image (CTA-SI) Alberta Stroke Program Early Computed Tomography Score (ASPECTS), recanalisation success, and functional outcome at 90 days in patients with an acute ischaemic stroke from 2007-2012. Outcome measures were pre-procedural non-contrast computed tomography (NCCT), CTA-S..