Table 2:

Summary of balloon guide catheter effects on procedural and clinical outcomes of endovascular thrombectomy

Impact of BGC on/during	Overall	SR	Combined (SR + CA)	CA
Procedural outcomes
First-pass effect	↑	↑	–	NA
Successful reperfusion	↑	↑	–	↑
Procedural time	↓	↓	NA	NA
Arterial puncture to reperfusion	–	–	–	–
No. of passes	↓	–	–	NA
Distal or new territory emboli	↓	–	–	–
Clinical outcomes
Good functional outcome	↑	↑	–	↑
sICH	–	–	–	–
Mortality	↓	↓	NA	–

Note:—NA indicates not available; SR, stent retriever; CA, contact aspiration; ↑, increase; ↓, decrease; –, no difference.