Table 2.

Procedural characteristics and outcomes of the NASA ARTS versus BGC and CGC cohorts

	ARTS aspiration (N = 29) % (n/N)	BGC (N = 125) % (n/N)	p BGC vs. ARTS	CGC (N = 131) % (n/N)	p CGC vs. ARTS
Procedural factors
Time from onset to puncture, mean (SD), min	252.6 (103.1)	355 (234)	0.001	381.4 (25)	<0.001
Fluoroscopic time, mean (SD), min	37.4 (20.1)	26.7 (18)	0.03	33.4 (29.5)	0.52
Time to revascularization or end of procedure, mean (SD), min	53.5 (36.1)	67.1 (102)	0.11	90.9 (108)	0.001
General anesthesia	64.3 (18/28)	84.4 (81/96)	0.04	54 (61/113)	0.25
IA tPA	13.8 (4/29)	26.4 (33/125)	0.23	40.5 (53/131)	0.002
Rescue therapy	13.8 (4/29)	18.4 (23/125)	0.6	31.3 (41/131)	0.058
Angiographic outcome
TIMI ≥2	86.2 (25/29)	88.8 (111/125)	1	83.1 (109/131)	0.17
TICI ≥2a	93.1 (27/29)	90.4 (113/125)	1	88.6 (116/131)	0.40
TICI ≥2b	72.4 (21/29)	77.6 (97/125)	0.60	70.2 (92/131)	0.98
Distal embolization	23.1 (6/26)	17.5 (21/120)	0.58	15.1 (19/126)	0.23
Embolization into new territory	7.7 (2/27)	6.4 (8/125)	0.38	5.7 (7/124)	0.48
Clinical outcome
mRS ≤2 at 90 days	34.6 (9/26)	54.4 (56/103)	0.10	36.13 (43/119)	0.62
NIHSS at 90 days
Mean (SD)	23.4 (19.6)	19 (12.5)	0.43	26 (18.3)	0.62
Median (IQR, R)	30 (2–42)	14 (1–42)		42 (4–42)
Mortality at 90 days	34.6 (9/26)	25.24 (26/103)	0.1	28.6 (34/119)	0.34
sICH	11 (3/28)	12.9 (14/124)	0.75	9.9 (13/131)	0.53