How Do Patient Outcomes in Mechanical Thrombectomy for Large-Core Stroke Vary Based on Neuroimaging Modalities Used for Patient Selection? A Multicenter Multinational Study

Omar Alwakaa; Rahim Abo Kasem; Felipe Ramirez-Velandia; Aryan Wadhwa; Kimberly Han; Michael R. Levitt; Ali Alaraj; Pascal Jabbour; Joon Tae Kim; Brian Howard; Ali Alawieh; Stacey Quintero Wolfe; Robert M. Starke; Marios Nikos Psychogios; Amir Shaban; Nitin Goyal; Justin Dye; Mohamad Ezzeldin; Shinichi Yoshimura; Daniel Sconzo; Jean Filo; Samuel Pettersson; David Fiorella; Omar Tanweer; Daniele G. Romano; Pedro Navia; Hugo Cuellar; Isabel Fragata; Adam Polifka; Justin Mascitelli; Joshua Osbun; Fazeel Siddiqui; Mark Moss; Kaustubh Limaye; Maxim Mokin; Charles Matouk; Min S. Park; Waleed Brinjikji; Ergun Daglioglu; Richard Williamson; David J. Altschul; Ilko Maier; Roberto Crosa; Benjamin Gory; Ramesh Grandhi; Alexandra Paul; Peter Kan; Walter Casagrande; Shakeel Chowdhry; Michael F. Stiefel; Ansaar Rai; Alejandro M. Spiotta; Philipp Taussky; Christopher S. Ogilvy; Justin H. Granstein

doi:10.1007/s12975-025-01378-6

How Do Patient Outcomes in Mechanical Thrombectomy for Large-Core Stroke Vary Based on Neuroimaging Modalities Used for Patient Selection? A Multicenter Multinational Study

Omar Alwakaa
, Rahim Abo Kasem
, Felipe Ramirez-Velandia
, Aryan Wadhwa
, Kimberly Han
, Michael R. Levitt
, Ali Alaraj
, Pascal Jabbour
, Joon Tae Kim
, Brian Howard
, Ali Alawieh
, Stacey Quintero Wolfe
, Robert M. Starke
, Marios Nikos Psychogios
, Amir Shaban
, Nitin Goyal
, Justin Dye
, Mohamad Ezzeldin
, Shinichi Yoshimura
, Daniel Sconzo

Jean Filo, Samuel Pettersson, David Fiorella, Omar Tanweer, Daniele G. Romano, Pedro Navia, Hugo Cuellar, Isabel Fragata, Adam Polifka, Justin Mascitelli, Joshua Osbun, Fazeel Siddiqui, Mark Moss, Kaustubh Limaye, Maxim Mokin, Charles Matouk, Min S. Park, Waleed Brinjikji, Ergun Daglioglu, Richard Williamson, David J. Altschul, Ilko Maier, Roberto Crosa, Benjamin Gory, Ramesh Grandhi, Alexandra Paul, Peter Kan, Walter Casagrande, Shakeel Chowdhry, Michael F. Stiefel, Ansaar Rai, Alejandro M. Spiotta, Philipp Taussky, Christopher S. Ogilvy, Justin H. Granstein

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2158-2172
Number of pages	15
Journal	Translational Stroke Research
Volume	16
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12975-025-01378-6
State	Published - Dec 2025

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General Neuroscience
Clinical Neurology
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Keywords

Alberta Stroke Program Early Computed Tomography (ASPECT) score
Endovascular thrombectomy
Large-vessel occlusion
Propensity score matching
Stroke
Successful recanalization
Humans
Middle Aged
Endovascular Procedures
Male
Thrombectomy/methods
Treatment Outcome
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Patient Selection
Neuroimaging/methods
Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Ischemic Stroke/surgery
Aged, 80 and over
Female
Registries
Aged
Stroke/surgery

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Alwakaa, O., Abo Kasem, R., Ramirez-Velandia, F., Wadhwa, A., Han, K., Levitt, M. R., Alaraj, A., Jabbour, P., Kim, J. T., Howard, B., Alawieh, A., Wolfe, S. Q., Starke, R. M., Psychogios, M. N., Shaban, A., Goyal, N., Dye, J., Ezzeldin, M., Yoshimura, S., ... Granstein, J. H. (2025). How Do Patient Outcomes in Mechanical Thrombectomy for Large-Core Stroke Vary Based on Neuroimaging Modalities Used for Patient Selection? A Multicenter Multinational Study. Translational Stroke Research, 16(6), 2158-2172. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12975-025-01378-6

How Do Patient Outcomes in Mechanical Thrombectomy for Large-Core Stroke Vary Based on Neuroimaging Modalities Used for Patient Selection? A Multicenter Multinational Study. / Alwakaa, Omar; Abo Kasem, Rahim; Ramirez-Velandia, Felipe et al.
In: Translational Stroke Research, Vol. 16, No. 6, 12.2025, p. 2158-2172.

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Alwakaa, O, Abo Kasem, R, Ramirez-Velandia, F, Wadhwa, A, Han, K, Levitt, MR, Alaraj, A, Jabbour, P, Kim, JT, Howard, B, Alawieh, A, Wolfe, SQ, Starke, RM, Psychogios, MN, Shaban, A, Goyal, N, Dye, J, Ezzeldin, M, Yoshimura, S, Sconzo, D, Filo, J, Pettersson, S, Fiorella, D, Tanweer, O, Romano, DG, Navia, P, Cuellar, H, Fragata, I, Polifka, A, Mascitelli, J, Osbun, J, Siddiqui, F, Moss, M, Limaye, K, Mokin, M, Matouk, C, Park, MS, Brinjikji, W, Daglioglu, E, Williamson, R, Altschul, DJ, Maier, I, Crosa, R, Gory, B, Grandhi, R, Paul, A, Kan, P, Casagrande, W, Chowdhry, S, Stiefel, MF, Rai, A, Spiotta, AM, Taussky, P, Ogilvy, CS & Granstein, JH 2025, 'How Do Patient Outcomes in Mechanical Thrombectomy for Large-Core Stroke Vary Based on Neuroimaging Modalities Used for Patient Selection? A Multicenter Multinational Study', Translational Stroke Research, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 2158-2172. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12975-025-01378-6

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