Table 3.
Procedural and clinical outcomes by arterial cooclusion, IAT technique and combination therapy
| pICA | tICA | M1 | M2 | BA | P value | IAL | IAL+M | MERCI | MERCI+IAL | P value | pIAT | aIAT | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recanal. (%) | 14 (67) | 14 (74) | 48 (74) | 28 (78) | 21 (84) | 0.7 | 38 (73) | 61 (71) | 6 (100) | 19 (86) | 0.2 | 50 (71) | 76 (78) | 0.36 |
| sICH (%) | 2 (10) | 2 (10) | 4 (6) | 2 (6) | 0 (0) | 0.6 | 3 (5) | 4 (4) | 0 (0) | 5 (17) | 0.08 | 6 (8) | 7 (6) | 0.6 |
| Mortality (%) | 8 (38) | 4 (20) | 12 (17) | 3 (8) | 12 (48) | 0.002 | 12 (21) | 17 (18) | 2 (33) | 10 (35) | 0.3 | 21 (28) | 21 (18) | 0.1 |
pICA- proximal ICA; tICA- terminal ICA; BA- basilar artery; IAL- intra-arterial thrombolithics; M- mechanical clot disruption; MERCI- Merci© retriever; pIAT- primary intraarterial therapy; aIAT- adjuvant intra-arterial therapy; Recanal- recanlization; sICH- symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage