title: Response to endovascular reperfusion is not time-dependent in patients with salvageable tissue.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate whether time to treatment modifies the effect of endovascular reperfusion in stroke patients with evidence of salvageable tissue on MRI.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients from the Diffusion and Perfusion Imaging Evaluation for Understanding Stroke Evolution 2 (DEFUSE 2) cohort study with a perfusion-diffusion target mismatch were included. Reperfusion was defined as a decrease in the perfusion lesion volume of at least 50% between baseline and early follow-up. Good functional outcome was defined as a modified Rankin Scale score ≤2 at day 90. Lesion growth was defined as the difference between the baseline and the early follow-up diffusion-weighted imaging lesion volumes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among 78 patients with the target mismatch profile (mean age 66 ± 16 years, 54% women), reperfusion was associated with increased odds of good functional outcome (adjusted odds ratio 3.7, 95% confidence interval 1.2-12, p = 0.03) and attenuation of lesion growth (p = 0.02). Time to treatment did not modify these effects (p value for the time × reperfusion interaction is 0.6 for good functional outcome and 0.3 for lesion growth). Similarly, in the subgroup of patients with reperfusion (n = 46), time to treatment was not associated with good functional outcome (p = 0.2).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The association between endovascular reperfusion and improved functional and radiologic outcomes is not time-dependent in patients with a perfusion-diffusion mismatch. Proof that patients with mismatch benefit from endovascular therapy in the late time window should come from a randomized placebo-controlled trial.
authors.affiliation: From the Stanford Stroke Center (M.G.L., C.W.C., M.M., N.K.M., M.I., S.K., S.C., M.S., G.Z., M.P.M., R.B., G.W.A.), Department of Neurology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; and Stroke Center (C.W.C.), Department of Neurology, Neurocenter (EOC) of Southern Switzerland, Lugano, Switzerland. lansberg@stanford.edu.
authors.forename: Maarten G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Lansberg
authors.affiliation: From the Stanford Stroke Center (M.G.L., C.W.C., M.M., N.K.M., M.I., S.K., S.C., M.S., G.Z., M.P.M., R.B., G.W.A.), Department of Neurology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; and Stroke Center (C.W.C.), Department of Neurology, Neurocenter (EOC) of Southern Switzerland, Lugano, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Carlo W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Cereda
authors.affiliation: From the Stanford Stroke Center (M.G.L., C.W.C., M.M., N.K.M., M.I., S.K., S.C., M.S., G.Z., M.P.M., R.B., G.W.A.), Department of Neurology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; and Stroke Center (C.W.C.), Department of Neurology, Neurocenter (EOC) of Southern Switzerland, Lugano, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mlynash
authors.affiliation: From the Stanford Stroke Center (M.G.L., C.W.C., M.M., N.K.M., M.I., S.K., S.C., M.S., G.Z., M.P.M., R.B., G.W.A.), Department of Neurology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; and Stroke Center (C.W.C.), Department of Neurology, Neurocenter (EOC) of Southern Switzerland, Lugano, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Nishant K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.affiliation: From the Stanford Stroke Center (M.G.L., C.W.C., M.M., N.K.M., M.I., S.K., S.C., M.S., G.Z., M.P.M., R.B., G.W.A.), Department of Neurology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; and Stroke Center (C.W.C.), Department of Neurology, Neurocenter (EOC) of Southern Switzerland, Lugano, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Manabu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.affiliation: From the Stanford Stroke Center (M.G.L., C.W.C., M.M., N.K.M., M.I., S.K., S.C., M.S., G.Z., M.P.M., R.B., G.W.A.), Department of Neurology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; and Stroke Center (C.W.C.), Department of Neurology, Neurocenter (EOC) of Southern Switzerland, Lugano, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kemp
authors.affiliation: From the Stanford Stroke Center (M.G.L., C.W.C., M.M., N.K.M., M.I., S.K., S.C., M.S., G.Z., M.P.M., R.B., G.W.A.), Department of Neurology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; and Stroke Center (C.W.C.), Department of Neurology, Neurocenter (EOC) of Southern Switzerland, Lugano, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Søren
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Christensen
authors.affiliation: From the Stanford Stroke Center (M.G.L., C.W.C., M.M., N.K.M., M.I., S.K., S.C., M.S., G.Z., M.P.M., R.B., G.W.A.), Department of Neurology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; and Stroke Center (C.W.C.), Department of Neurology, Neurocenter (EOC) of Southern Switzerland, Lugano, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Matus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Straka
authors.affiliation: From the Stanford Stroke Center (M.G.L., C.W.C., M.M., N.K.M., M.I., S.K., S.C., M.S., G.Z., M.P.M., R.B., G.W.A.), Department of Neurology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; and Stroke Center (C.W.C.), Department of Neurology, Neurocenter (EOC) of Southern Switzerland, Lugano, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Greg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zaharchuk
authors.affiliation: From the Stanford Stroke Center (M.G.L., C.W.C., M.M., N.K.M., M.I., S.K., S.C., M.S., G.Z., M.P.M., R.B., G.W.A.), Department of Neurology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; and Stroke Center (C.W.C.), Department of Neurology, Neurocenter (EOC) of Southern Switzerland, Lugano, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Marks
authors.affiliation: From the Stanford Stroke Center (M.G.L., C.W.C., M.M., N.K.M., M.I., S.K., S.C., M.S., G.Z., M.P.M., R.B., G.W.A.), Department of Neurology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; and Stroke Center (C.W.C.), Department of Neurology, Neurocenter (EOC) of Southern Switzerland, Lugano, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bammer
authors.affiliation: From the Stanford Stroke Center (M.G.L., C.W.C., M.M., N.K.M., M.I., S.K., S.C., M.S., G.Z., M.P.M., R.B., G.W.A.), Department of Neurology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; and Stroke Center (C.W.C.), Department of Neurology, Neurocenter (EOC) of Southern Switzerland, Lugano, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Gregory W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Albers
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation / Q000502:physiology*; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D015424:Reperfusion / Q000592:standards*; D020521:Stroke / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D013997:Time Factors