Abstract:Background: This study aimed to investigate clinical outcome predictors of acute stroke patients with large vessel occlusion and active cancer and validate the significance of d-dimer levels for endovascular thrombectomy decisions.Methods: We analyzed a prospectively collected hospital-based stroke registry to determine clinical EVT outcomes of acute stroke patients within 24 hours with following criteria: age≥18 years, NIHSS≥6, and internal carotid artery or middle cerebral artery lesion. All patients were cl… Show more
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