Abstract WP39: Intraprocedural Systolic Blood Pressure Mean and Variability During Endovascular Thrombectomy Not Associated With Neurologic Outcome
Background: Prior research has shown that increased systolic blood pressure variability (BPV) is associated with worse neurologic outcome after endovascular thrombectomy (EVT). Those studies have typically included BPV from 24-72 hours after stroke onset, but none have focused specifically on the BPV during EVT. Methods: We included acute ischemic stroke patients who underwent EVT for anterior circulation large vessel occlusion from 2 stroke centers. All patients had a minimum of 10 blood pressure readings during EVT. The primary outcome is mRS 0-2 (good outcome) and the secondary outcome is death, both as close to 90 days as possible. We fit adjusted logistic regression models to our outcomes with the predictors of intraprocedural systolic mean, standard (SD), and coefficient of variation (CV). Results: We included 303 patients with a mean (SD) age of 65.7 years and 53.5% were female. The primary outcome of mRS 0-2 was met by 39.9% and 27.4% died. Systolic mean, SD, and CV did not differ in patients with mRS 0-2 versus 3-6 (Table 1) nor for patients who died versus were alive (all p>0.5). In the adjusted logistic regression models, systolic mean, SD, and CV were not associated with either mRS 0-2 or death at follow-up (Tables 2 & 3). Conclusions: Blood pressure variation during endovascular thrombectomy was not associated with the functional outcome or death in patients with anterior circulation strokes.