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In acute ischaemic stroke (AIS) with MCA occlusion, basal ganglia (BG) infarction extent and haemorrhagic transformation (HT) correlate with LSA involvement. This study aimed to assess whether ipsilateral A1-ACA variations influence BG infarction severity and thrombectomy outcomes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Patients and methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A control cohort (n\u00a0=\u00a0300) undergoing catheter angiography from September 2023 to November 2024 was used to define anatomical relationships between the A1-ACA and the medial LSA (mLSA). A thrombectomy cohort (n\u00a0=\u00a0236; MCA occlusion) from January 2019 to November 2024 was stratified by A1-ACA status (normal vs hypoplastic\/absent) on pre-intervention CTA. Final basal ganglia infarct volume (FIVBG) was quantified on 72-h post-procedure MRI\/NCCT. Associations between A1-ACA status, FIVBG, HT and outcomes were analysed via multivariable regression. Mediation analysis evaluated FIVBG\u2019s role in A1-ACA anatomy and HT relationships.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Hypoplastic\/absent A1 segments occurred in 16.3% (49\/300) of controls, who had a reduced mLSA presence (6.1% vs 20.7%, P\u00a0=\u00a0.016) and increased predominant lateral LSAs (71.4% vs 50.6%, P\u00a0=\u00a0.007) compared to those with a normal A1. Among thrombectomy patients, hypoplastic\/absent A1 (15.3%, 36\/236) predicted larger FIVBG (median: 29.01\u00a0cm3 [24.4\u201337.8] vs median: 25.80\u00a0cm3 [21.5\u201332.5], P\u00a0=\u00a0.004) and higher HT rates (66.67% vs 34%, P\u00a0&amp;lt;\u00a0.01). Multivariable analyses confirmed A1 hypoplasia\/absence was independently associated with FIVBG (\u03b2\u00a0=\u00a05.714; 95% CI, 2.860\u20138.569; P\u00a0&amp;lt;\u00a0.01) and HT (aOR\u00a0=\u00a03.059; 95% CI, 1.284\u20137.288; P\u00a0=\u00a0.012). Furthermore, FIVBG mediated 44% of the indirect effect of A1 development on HT post-EVT.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Hypoplastic\/absent A1 segments correlate with impaired mLSA development, thereby exacerbating BG infarction and HT risk post-thrombectomy. As one of several predictors, A1 segment morphology on preprocedural CTA may help stratify patients at risk for larger BG infarcts and haemorrhagic complications.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/esj\/aakag054","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,8]],"date-time":"2026-07-08T15:16:15Z","timestamp":1783523775000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["ACA-A1 segment development affects basal ganglia infarct severity and thrombectomy safety in MCA occlusion"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Wenping","family":"Sun","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology, Shanghai Sixth People\u2019s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine , No. 600 Yishan Road, Shanghai 200233 ,","place":["China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Guangchen","family":"He","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology, 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