title: The natural history of acute ischemic stroke due to intracranial large-vessel occlusion: what do we know?
abstract: Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is an important public health issue with major impact on not only patients and families but also on the society as well. Among patients who suffer from AIS, those who have the event due to large-vessel occlusion are thought to have the worse outcome. Because most of the effort in endovascular treatment of AIS is aimed toward this type of stroke, it is important to understand its natural history. The goal of this manuscript was to briefly discuss the natural history of AIS due to large-vessel occlusion based on recent literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of NeuroInterventional Surgery, Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute, Miami, FL 33176, USA. guilhermed@baptisthealth.net
authors.forename: Guilherme
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dabus
authors.forename: Italo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Linfante
mesh_terms: D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000401:mortality*; D015984:Causality; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000401:mortality*; D015897:Comorbidity; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D020521:Stroke / Q000401:mortality*; D015996:Survival Rate