Table 2.
Association between computed tomography image type and clinical outcome, and type of thrombus and clinical outcome in acute ischemic stroke patients who underwent mechanical thrombectomy
| Mean±SD or n (%) | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good (n=34) | Moderate (n=22) | Poor (n=41) | |||
| NCCT | 58.4±7.0 | 60.4±9.0 | 58.0±7.5 | 0.485* | |
| CTA | 58.5±10.6 | 63.8±8.8 | 59.8±10.2 | 0.203* | |
| CECT | 60.7±12.8 | 61.7±10.5 | 57.9±8.4 | 0.441* | |
| Pathologic result | |||||
| White | 14 (50.0) | 4 (14.3) | 10 (35.7) | 0.104# | |
| Mixed | 4 (19.0) | 7 (33.3) | 10 (47.6) | ||
| Red | 1 (25.0) | 2 (50.0) | 1 (25.0) | ||
P<0.05 indicates statistical significance. *One-way ANOVA; #Fisher’s exact test. CT – Computed tomography; SD – Standard deviation; NCCT – Noncontrast computed tomography; CTA – Computed tomography angiography; CECT – Contrast-enhanced computed tomography; ANOVA – Analysis of variance