Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of the participants
| Study ID | Number of Patients | Age (Years) Mean (SD) | Gender (Male) N. (%) | ASPECTS, median (IQR) | NIHSS, median (IQR) | Infarct Core Volume, median (IQR) | Occlusion Location N. (%) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ET | MC | ET | MC | ET | MC | ET | MC | ET | MC | ET | MC | ICA | M1 Segment | M2 Segment | ||||
| ET | MC | ET | MC | ET | MC | |||||||||||||
| Huo et al. (2023) (ANGEL-ASPECT) [20] | 230 | 225 | 67.3 (8.9) | 66.3 (10.4) | 135 (58.7) | 144 (64) | 3 (3–4) | 3 (3–4) | 16 (13–20) | 15 (12–19) | 60.5 (29–86) | 63 (31–86) | 83 (36.1) | 81 (36) | 145 (63) | 142 (63.1) | 2 (0.9) | 2 (0.9) |
| Sarraj et al. (2023) (SELECT2) [21] | 178 | 174 | 66.3 (12.7) | 66.6 (12.7) | 107 (60.1) | 100 (57.5) | 4 (4–5) | 4 (4–5) | 19 (15–23) | 19 (15–22) | 81.5 (57–118) | 79 (62–111) | 80 (44.9) | 66 (37.9) | 91 (51.1) | 100 (57.5) | 7 (3.9) | 8 (4.6) |
| Yoshimura et al. (2022) (RESCUE-Japan LIMIT) [19] | 101 | 102 | 76.6 (10) | 75.7 (10.2) | 55 (54.5) | 58 (56.9) | 3 (3–4) | 4 (3–4) | 22 (18–26) | 22 (17–26) | 94 (66–152) | 110 (74–140) | 47 (46.5) | 49 (48) | 74 (73.3) | 70 (68.6) | 0 | 3 (2.9) |
SD standard deviation, N. number, IQR interquartile range, ET endovascular thrombectomy, NIHSS National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, ASPECTS Alberta Stroke Program Early Computed Tomographic Score