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Blood Pressure Fluctuation During 72 Hours After Endovascular Therapy and Prognosis in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients
Mingfeng Tao1, Yongxin Li1, Ya Peng2
1Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong, China.
Purpose:
Our study aimed to investigate the relationship between fluctuations in different blood pressure (BP) components within 72 hours following endovascular therapy (EVT) and the prognosis of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients.
Methods:
This prospective multicenter study included 283 AIS patients who underwent EVT and had available BP data. The primary outcome was the ordinal modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score evaluated at 90 days. The secondary outcome was a combination of death and major disability, defined as an mRS score of 3 to 6 within 3 months.
Results:
After adjusting for imbalanced variables, the highest tertile of systolic blood pressure (SBP) fluctuation had an odds ratio (OR) of 1.747 (95% confidence interval [CI]=1.031-2.961; p for trend=0.035) for the primary outcome and 1.889 (95% CI=1.015-3.516; p for trend=0.039) for the secondary outcome, respectively. Fluctuations in diastolic blood pressure (DBP) (OR=1.914, 95% CI=1.134-3.230, p for trend=0.015) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) (OR=1.759, 95% CI=1.026-3.015, p for trend=0.039) were only associated with the primary outcome. The multivariate-adjusted restricted cubic spline analyses supported these findings. Furthermore, the fluctuations in both SBP and MAP exhibited the significant discriminatory capability in predicting the prognosis, comparable to their mean values.
Conclusion:
Our study revealed that larger fluctuations in SBP, DBP, and MAP within 72 hours after EVT were associated with a higher risk of poor clinical outcomes within 3 months in AIS patients. Controlling BP fluctuations may be valuable for improving the prognosis in patients undergoing EVT.Clinical ImpactHow will this change clinical practice?It provides physicians a new approach to directly monitor BP fluctuations over an extended observation period in AIS patients after EVT in routine clinical practice.What does it mean for the clinicians?These results underscore the importance of giving equal attention to controlling long-term BP fluctuations, in addition to managing mean BP, as a means to improve the prognosis of AIS patients after EVT.What is the innovation behind the study?This study systematically evaluated the association between fluctuations in different blood pressure components and clinical outcomes in AIS patients over an extended period following EVT.
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