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ArticleEuropean stroke journal2024

Stress hyperglycemia is associated with futile recanalization in patients with anterior large vessel occlusion undergoing mechanical thrombectomy.

Giovanni Merlino, Michele Romoli, Raffaele Ornello, Matteo Foschi, Caterina Del Regno, Francesco Toraldo, Alessandro Marè, Francesco Cordici, Alessio Trosi, Marco Longoni and 13 more

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Article in European stroke journal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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19citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

23 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Giovanni MerlinoStroke Unit, Department of Head, Neck and Neurosciences, Udine University Hospital, Udine, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6525-9529
Michele RomoliNeurology and Stroke Unit, Department of Neuroscience, Bufalini Hospital, AUSL Romagna, Cesena, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8009-8543
Raffaele OrnelloDepartment of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
Matteo FoschiDepartment of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
Caterina Del RegnoDepartment of Medicine (DMED), University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
Francesco ToraldoDepartment of Medicine (DMED), University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
Alessandro MarèDepartment of Medicine (DMED), University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
Francesco CordiciNeurology and Stroke Unit, Department of Neuroscience, Bufalini Hospital, AUSL Romagna, Cesena, Italy.
Alessio TrosiDepartment of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
Marco LongoniNeurology and Stroke Unit, Department of Neuroscience, Bufalini Hospital, AUSL Romagna, Cesena, Italy.
Fedra KurisDepartment of Medicine (DMED), University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
Yan TereshkoStroke Unit, Department of Head, Neck and Neurosciences, Udine University Hospital, Udine, Italy.
Simone LorenzutStroke Unit, Department of Head, Neck and Neurosciences, Udine University Hospital, Udine, Italy.
Carolina GentileStroke Unit, Department of Head, Neck and Neurosciences, Udine University Hospital, Udine, Italy.
Francesco JanesStroke Unit, Department of Head, Neck and Neurosciences, Udine University Hospital, Udine, Italy.
Francesco BaxStroke Unit, Department of Head, Neck and Neurosciences, Udine University Hospital, Udine, Italy.
Massimo SponzaDivision of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Udine University Hospital, Udine, Italy.
Vladimir GavrilovicDivision of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Udine University Hospital, Udine, Italy.
Soma BanerjeeDepartment of Stroke and Neuroscience, Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College London NHS Healthcare Trust, London, UK.
Simona SaccoDepartment of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0651-1939
Gian Luigi GigliDepartment of Medicine (DMED), University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
Lucio D'AnnaDepartment of Stroke and Neuroscience, Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College London NHS Healthcare Trust, London, UK.
Mariarosaria ValenteDepartment of Medicine (DMED), University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
University of Udine · ITUniversity of L'Aquila · ITOspedale “M. Bufalini” di Cesena · ITImperial College Healthcare NHS Trust · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionMechanical thrombectomy (MT) is the standard treatment for acute ischemic stroke (AIS) due to anterior large vessel occlusion (LVO). Despite successful recanalization, some patients remain disabled after 3 months. Mechanisms that can cause futile recanalization (FR) are still largely unknown. We investigated if stress hyperglycemia might be associated with FR. PATIENTS AND

methodsThis is a retrospective analysis of consecutive patients with successful recanalization treated in four participating centers between January 2021 and December 2022. According to the modified Rankin scale (mRS) status at 3 months, patients were divided into two groups: FR, if mRS score >2, and useful recanalization (UR), if mRS score ⩽2. Stress hyperglycemia was estimated by the glucose-to-glycated hemoglobin ratio (GAR) index.

resultsA total of 691 subjects were included. At 3 months, 403 patients (58.3%) were included in the FR group, while the remaining 288 patients (41.7%) were included in the UR group. At the multivariate analysis, variables independently associated with FR were the following: age (OR 1.04, 95% CI 1.02-1.06,

conclusionsStress hyperglycemia predicts FR in patients with successful recanalization after MT. Further studies should explore if managing stress hyperglycemia may reduce futile recanalization. Additionally, we recommend paying close attention to AIS patients with a GAR index greater than 24.8 who exhibit a high risk of FR.

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HyperglycemiaIschemic StrokeThrombectomyAgedAged, 80 and overBlood GlucoseFemaleGlycated HemoglobinHumansMaleMedical FutilityMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeBlood GlucoseGlycated Hemoglobinacute ischemic strokeGAR indexmechanical thrombectomyoutcomeStress hyperglycemia

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PMID38624043
PMCPMC11418448
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