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. 2013 Jun 26;8(6):e67169. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067169

Table 2. Risk factors for Angiographic Recurrence after Endovascular Treatment in ris-VADAs (n = 54).

Variables Cure, Improvement,and Stability (n = 49) Recurrence(n = 5) Total pValue
Age, y, Mean±SD 49.51±10.29 40.20±9.26 0.080
Sex, n (%) 0.348
Male 23 (85) 4 (15) 27
Female 26 (96) 1 (4) 27
Hunt&Hess Scale, no. (%) 0.440
I–II 36 (88) 5 (12) 41
III–IV 13 (100) 0 (0) 13
PICA Involvement 0.394
Yes 24 (86) 4 (14) 28
No 25 (96) 1 (4) 26
Aneurysmal Type, no. (%) 0.550
Dilatation without stenosis 27 (87) 4 (13) 31
Dilatation with stenosis 22 (96) 1 (4) 23
Blood Supply to Basilar Artery 1.000
Predominant 11 (92) 1 (8) 12
Equal 37 (88) 5 (12) 42
Treatment Interval 0.245
≤72 h 31 (86) 5 (14) 36
>72 h 18 (100) 0 (0) 18
Stent(s) Implantation, no. (%) 0.104
Single stent+coils 25 (83) 5 (17) 30
Multiple stents+coils 24 (100) 0 (0) 24
Maximum dimension (mm)
<10 31 (94) 2 (6) 33 0.300
10–25 17 (81) 4 (19) 21
Coils, no. (%) 0.216
Bare Coils 30 (86) 5 (14) 35
Modified (Hydrocoil/soft) Coils 19 (100) 0 (0) 19
Immediate Obliteration Grade, no. (%) 0.031
Complete obliteration 30 (100) 0 (0) 30
Partial obliteration 19 (79) 5 (21) 24

ris-VADAs, the ruptured intracranial spontaneous vertebral artery dissection aneurysms; PICA, the posterior inferior cerebellar artery.