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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Stroke. 2011 Apr 14;42(6):1608–1614. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.609008

Table 2.

MRA lesions at baseline and recanalization status at follow-up

DEFUSE EPITHET

MRA Lesion Baseline N (%) Follow-Up Recanalization Status Baseline N (%) Follow-Up Recanalization Status
None Partial Complete None Partial Complete
ICA complete occlusion 6 (8%) 17% 83% 0% 15 (15%) 60% 40% 0%
ICA partial occlusion 6 (8%) 83% - 17% 5 (5%) 100% - 0%
MCA M1 complete occlusion 16 (22%) 50% 25% 25% 18 (18%) 11% 56% 33%
MCA M1 partial occlusion 12 (16%) 58% - 42% 7 (7%) 14% - 86%
MCA M2 complete occlusion 2 (3%) 0% 0% 100% 2 (2%) 0% 0% 100%
MCA M2 partial occlusion 2 (3%) 0% - 100% 1 (1%) 0% - 100%
PCA occlusion 3 (4%) 33% 0% 67% 0 (0%) 0% 0% 0%
No lesion 16 (22%) 33 (33%)
Inadequate study 11 (15%) 19 (19%)

Follow-up MRAs were obtained at 3–6 hours after treatment in DEFUSE and at 3–5 days after treatment in EPITHET. ICA indicates internal carotid artery; MCA M1 middle cerebral artery, first branch; MCA M2 middle cerebral artery, second branch; PCA posterior cerebral artery.

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