Acute Stroke Thrombectomy: Does CT Perfusion Accurately Predict Infarct on MRI After Recanalization

The newest generation of stent---retrievers results in higher recanalization rates and faster recanalization time compared to older generation endovascular therapies for acute stroke. Advanced neuroimaging can potentially improve the assessment of infarct core and inform decision---making in patients being considered for endovascular therapy. Evaluation of infarct core may be performed with NECT, CTASI or CT perfusion. In the past, evaluation of CTP in predicting core infarct in acute stroke has been limited because recanalization status was lacking. In addition, final infarct size may be underestimated on NECT compared with MRI. These two limitations can now be addressed: the new generation of stent---retrievers allows accurate determination recanalization time; evaluating the test characteristics of CTP using 24 hour DWI---MRI as the reference standard can be readily performed.

We aim to prospectively investigate the sensitivity and specificity of whole---brain CTP in predicting 24 hour DWI---MRI infarct in patients with acute proximal anterior circulation occlusions successfully recanalized with endovascular treatment.