Mortality Risk in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients With Large Vessel Occlusion Treated With Mechanical Thrombectomy

Background Recent randomized controlled clinical trials have provided solid evidence that mechanical thrombectomy ( MT ) coupled with best medical therapy ( BMT ) improve functional outcomes of acute ischemic stroke patients with large vessel occlusion compared with BMT alone. However, they provided inconclusive evidence on the benefit of MT on mortality. Methods and Results We evaluated the association of MT + BMT compared with BMT with the...