Susceptibility Vessel Sign on MRI Predicts Favorable Clinical Outcome in Patients with Anterior Circulation Acute Stroke Treated with Mechanical Thrombectomy

^aFrom the Departments of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology (R.B., S.V., B.D.-D., A.L.-G., H.D.)
^bDiagnostic Cardiac and Vascular Imaging (J.M.S.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Nantes Hôpital G et R Laënnec, Nantes, France
^cCentre d'investigation clinique Thorax (B.G.), l'institut du thorax, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Nantes, Nantes, France
^dInstitut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMR1087 (B.G., J.M.S., H.D.), l'institut du thorax, Nantes, France
^eCentre national de la recherche scientifique (B.G,), UMR 6291, Nantes, France
^fDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology (C.P.), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Tours, Bretonneau Hospital, Tours, France.

Please address correspondence to Romain Bourcier, MD, CHU NANTES HGRL, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Nantes, F-44000 France; e-mail: romain.bourcier2{at}gmail.com