Research Article

Heart Failure Is Not Associated with a Poor Outcome after Mechanical Thrombectomy in Large Vessel Occlusion of Cerebral Arteries

Table 4

Regression analysis regarding predictors of a good outcome (mRS 0-2) in patients with mechanical thrombectomy in LVO.

OutcomeRR95% ConfidenceIntervalp-value

Age0.100.0040.0170.004
Occlusion side-0.037-0.1780.1040.606
Intravenous rt-PA0.135-0.0590.3280.171
Coronary heart disease0.146-0.0660.3570.174
Chronic renal failure-0.109-0.3450.1260.359
NIHSS at admission0.0160.0000.0320.044
Symptom onset to recanalization0.0010.0000.0020.021
TICI Scale-0.125-0.229-0.0210.019
CT-ASPECTS-0.015-0.0850.0540.665
Collateral Score-0.027-0.0720.0170.222
HFrEF-0.001-0.0110.0090.860
Left ventricular hypertrophy-0.020-0.2060.1650.828

RR: relative risk, rt-PA: recombinant tissue plasminogen activator, NIHSS: National Institute of Health Stroke Scale, TICI: thrombolysis in cerebral infarction, CT-ASPECTS: computer tomography-Alberta Stroke program early CT score, HRrEF: heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, mRS: modified Rankin Scale, and LVO: large vessel occlusion.