Endovascular Thrombectomy for Minor Ischemic Stroke: A Machine Learning Study of Treatment Effect Heterogeneity.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) is standard of care for large vessel occlusion (LVO) stroke with moderate-to-severe deficits, but its role in minor stroke (NIHSS <6) remains uncertain. We characterized EVT's association with outcomes, examined complications as potential mediators of that assoc...