Table 2:
Relationship between recanalization, etiology, VBO, site of occlusion, and posttreatment score
| Posttreatment Scores |
n | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mRS 0-2 (%) | mRS 3-4 (%) | mRS 5-6 (%) | ||
| Recanalization (P < .001) | ||||
| None | 2 | 12 | 86 | 44 |
| Partial | 34 | 23 | 43 | 35 |
| Complete | 29 | 38 | 33 | 97 |
| Etiology (not significant) | ||||
| Cardioembolism | 22 | 30 | 48 | 98 |
| Embolism from VA | 22 | 39 | 39 | 18 |
| Atherothrombotic | 25 | 23 | 52 | 60 |
| Pretreatment score (P < .001) | ||||
| mRS 3 | 71 | 29 | 0 | 14 |
| mRS 4 | 28 | 30 | 42 | 60 |
| mRS 5 | 14 | 27 | 59 | 102 |
Note:—VBO indicates vertebrobasilar occlusion; mRS, modified Rankin Scale; VA, vertebral artery.