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© European Stroke Organisation 2020. Background: Atrial fibrillation is an important risk factor for ischemic stroke, and is associated with an increased risk of poor outcome after ischemic stroke. Endovascular thrombectomy is safe and effective in acute ischemic stroke patients with large vessel occlusion of the anterior circulation. This meta-analysis aims to investigate whether there is an interaction between atrial fibrillation and treatment effect of endovascular thrombectomy, and secondarily whether atrial fibrillation is associated with worse outcome in patients with ischemic stroke due to large vessel occlusion. Methods: Individual patient data were from six of the recent randomised clinical trials (MR CLEAN, EXTEND-IA, REVASCAT, SWIFT PRIME, ESCAPE, PISTE) in which endovascular thrombectomy plus standard care was compared to standard care alone. Primary outcome measure was the shift on the modified Rankin scale (mRS) at 90 days. Secondary outcomes were functional independence (mRS 0–2) at 90 days, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score at 24 h, symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage and mortality at 90 days. The primary effect parameter was the adjusted common odds ratio, estimated with ordinal logistic regression (shift analysis); treatment effect modification of atrial fibrillation was assessed with a multiplicative interaction term. Results: Among 1351 patients, 447 patients had atrial fibrillation, 224 of whom were treated with endovascular thrombectomy. We found no interaction of atrial fibrillation with treatment effect of endovascular thrombectomy for both primary (p-value for interaction: 0.58) and secondary outcomes. Regardless of treatment allocation, we found no difference in primary outcome (mRS at 90 days: aOR 1.11 (95% CI 0.89–1.38) and secondary outcomes between patients with and without atrial fibrillation. Conclusion: We found no interaction of atrial fibrillation on treatment effect of endovascular thrombectomy, and no difference in outcome between large vessel occlusion stroke patients with and without atrial fibrillation.
Author(s): Smaal JA, de Ridder IR, Heshmatollah A, van Zwam WH, Dippel DWJ, Majoie CB, Brown S, Goyal M, Campbell BCV, Muir KW, Demchuck AM, Davalos A, Jovin TG, Mitchell PJ, White P, Saver JL, Hill MD, Roos YB, van der Lugt A, van Oostenbrugge RJ
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: European Stroke Journal
Year: 2020
Volume: 5
Issue: 3
Pages: 245-251
Print publication date: 01/09/2020
Online publication date: 13/05/2020
Acceptance date: 03/04/2020
Date deposited: 29/05/2020
ISSN (print): 2396-9873
ISSN (electronic): 2396-9881
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/2396987320923447
DOI: 10.1177/2396987320923447
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