Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the patients.
| No. of Patients | 68 |
|---|---|
| Women, n (%) | 38 (56%) |
| Age, mean ± SD | 72 (58–86) |
| NIHSS at admission, median (IQR) | 11 (6–16) |
| Pre-stroke mRS, median (IQR) | 0 (0–1) |
| Primary approach | |
| Primary access | 67 (98.5%) femoral; 1 (1.5%) radial |
| Final access | 66 (97%) femoral; 2 (3%) radial |
| Thrombectomy technique | |
| Primary combined approach, n (%) | 53 (78%) |
| Stent retriever alone, n (%) | 15 (22%) |
| Occlusion location | |
| M2, n (%) | 43 (63%) |
| M3, n (%) | 6 (9%) |
| M4, n (%) | 1 (1.5%) |
| A2, n (%) | 5 (7.4%) |
| A3, n (%) | 1 (1.2%) |
| P1, n (%) | 5 (7.4%) |
| P2, n (%) | 5 (7.4%) |
| P3, n (%) | 1 (1.5%) |
| SCA, n (%) | 1 (1.5%) |
| Intravenous thrombolysis, n (%) | 27 (40%) |
| Secondary occlusions, n (%) | 6 (9%) |
| Tandem occlusion, n (%) | 5 (7%) |
| Outcomes | |
| NIHSS at 24 h, median (IQR) | 6 (0–12) |
| NIHSS at discharge, median (IQR) | 2 (0–7) |
| Subarachnoidal hemorrhage or contrast medium extravasation, n (%) |
9 (15%) |
| Safety | |
| Emboli to new territory, n (%) | 1 (1.5%) |
| Iatrogenic vessel perforation, n (%) | 2 (3%) |
| Any intracranial hemorrhage (on post-interventional imaging) | |
| None, n (%) | 52 (77%) |
| HI1, n (%) | 7 (10%) |
| HI2, n (%) | 1 (1.5%) |
| Subarachnoidal hemorrhage | 9 (13%) |
| Worsening of ≥4 NIHSS points most likely related to hemorrhagic transformation, n (%) | 0 (0%) |
| In-hospital mortality, n (%) | 7 (10%) |
| Waiting time in minutes, n (%) | |
| 0–1, n (%) | 21 (31%) |
| 2, n (%) | 7 (10%) |
| 3, n (%) | 19 (28%) |
| 4, n (%) | 4 (6%) |
| 5, n (%) | 16 (23.5%) |
| Missing, n (%) | 1 (1.5%) |
| Aspiration catheter size (F) | |
| 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 22 |
| 6 | 22 |
| Anesthesia | |
| Primary general anesthesia | 34 (50%) |
| Conscious sedation | 30 (44%) |
| Local anesthesia | 4 (6%) |