Table 2.
Types of brain damage related to CVT in whole cohort, and ICU survivors or death
| Brain damages | All CVTs n = 41 (%) |
ICU deaths n = 10 (%) |
ICU survivors n = 31 (%) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hematomas and hemorrhagic transformations | 32 (78.0) | 10 (100) | 22 (70.9) | 0.083 |
| Left hemisphere | 10 (24.4) | 3 (30) | 7 (22.6) | 0.68 |
| Right hemisphere | 6 (14.6) | 1 (10) | 5 (16.1) | 1.00 |
| Both hemispheres | 14 (34.1) | 5 (50) | 9 (29.0) | 0.26 |
| Median structures | 9 (21.9) | 3 (30) | 6 (19.4) | 0.66 |
| Posterior fossa | 3 (7.3) | 1 (10) | 2 (6.5) | 1.00 |
| ≥2 hematomas | 16 (39.0) | 6 (60) | 10 (32.3) | 0.15 |
| Intracranial hypertension | 25 (60.9) | 10 (100) | 15 (48.4) | 0.003 |
| Cerebral edema | 24 (58.5) | 7 (70) | 17 (54.8) | 0.48 |
| Venous ischemia | 18 (43.9) | 6 (60) | 12 (38.7) | 0.29 |
| Subarachnoid hemorrhage | 8 (19.5) | 3 (30) | 5 (16.1) | 0.38 |
| Hydrocephaly | 5 (12.2) | 1 (10) | 4 (12.9) | 1.00 |
p < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant