ABSTRACT NUMBER: ESOC2026A1504 CEREBRAL VENOUS OUTFLOW STATUS IS ASSOCIATED WITH FUTILE RECANALIZATION IN EVT-TREATED ACUTE ISCHAEMIC STROKE
Yiran Zhang, Roobina Boghozian, Rayna McFeetors, Sushreeta Sai, Maria Real, Sarina Falcione, Mike Clarke, Twinkle Joy, Brian Buck, Glen Jickling · 2026
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Yiran Zhang and nine colleagues test whether the brain's vein drainage predicts wasted stroke rescues, in a 2026 conference study. Thrombectomy reopens blocked arteries in over forty percent of patients without saving function, a pattern called futile recanalization. Knowing who is at risk could target extra therapy.
The team prospectively studied seventy-seven patients whose large-vessel strokes were successfully reopened. They scored venous outflow, artery collaterals, and tissue perfusion on pre-treatment scans. Forty-three percent still had poor ninety-day outcomes. Those patients showed worse venous outflow scores, while collateral and perfusion scores did not differ. Adjusted analysis kept venous outflow a strong predictor of futile rescue. The authors conclude that impaired drainage, visible before treatment, marks patients likely to fare poorly despite success in the catheter lab. What causes the poor drainage is their next question.
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| CREATOR | Yiran Zhang, Roobina Boghozian, Rayna McFeetors, Sushreeta Sai, Maria Real, Sarina Falcione, Mike Clarke, Twinkle Joy, Brian Buck, Glen Jickling |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |