Cognitive Outcomes After Endovascular Thrombectomy in Ischemic Stroke Systematic Review

A systematic review synthesizing evidence from 23 studies involving approximately 3,300 participants on cognitive outcomes following endovascular thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke. The review, authored by Wiktoria Balcerzak and published on figshare in 2026, narratively synthesizes findings from randomized controlled trials and observational studies published between 2015 and 2025. It examines associations between treatment and cognitive scores, infarct characteristics, and biomarkers.

Use Cases

• Summarizing evidence on cognitive benefits of endovascular thrombectomy based on the review of 23 studies.
• Investigating links between infarct volume and cognitive outcomes based on reported associations.
• Exploring relationships between inflammatory markers and cognitive recovery based on exploratory proteomic work mentioned.
• Comparing cognitive outcomes across different stroke treatments based on the narrative synthesis of comparative studies.

Strengths

• Systematic methodology following PRISMA 2020 guidelines.
• Includes data from approximately 3,300 participants across 23 studies.
• Covers a defined publication period from January 2015 to October 2025.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Quantitative data pooling was not feasible due to substantial heterogeneity in assessment tools and outcome definitions.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Systematic review of PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Scopus.

Time Range

Studies published from January 2015 to October 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-11 05:28:22; freshness should be verified.