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Full and partial correlations of CER with periprocedural times, complications and outcome were computed. Multivariate logistic regression, including comorbidities, for prediction of dichotomized mRS outcome after 3 months was performed.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>CER showed no significant correlation with recanalization success. Weak, outlier-driven correlation was found with recanalization time (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.021, cor\u2009=\u20090.2). Weak correlations were found with improvement of NIHSS score at discharge and mRS score after 3 months (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.023 and <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.031, each rho=-0.2). There was moderate correlation with NIHSS score at discharge (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.001, rho\u2009=\u20090.3). Patients with favorable outcomes (mRS 0\u20132) exhibited lower CER (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.012). Partial correlations of CER with favorable outcomes were observed after correcting for age, sex and cardiovascular risk factors (cor\u2009=\u20090.2, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.048). Multivariate analysis (Nagelkerke\u2019s R2\u2009=\u20090.42) identified NIHSS score at admission, diabetes, hypertension and intervention time as significant factors for predicting outcome at 3 month, while CER showed the highest log Odd\u2019s (2.97).<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Correlations between CER and clinical improvement suggest that carotid elongation might be a risk factor for poorer outcome without relevant effect on endovascular treatment and should not guide treatment decisions. 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