Table 2.

Comparison in ITCM group for pretreatment and posttreatment.

Treatment		Pretreatment	Posttreatment	Reduction	p
ITCM	NIHSS	4.33 ± 2.77	2.22 ± 2.03	2.11 ± 1.76	0.000***
	Fire-heat score	18.59 ± 5.06	8.89 ± 4.01	9.7 ± 2.35	0.000***
	mRS ≤ 2, n (%)	5	22	–	0.000***
	BI ≥ 85, n (%)	3	13	–	0.006**
WM	NIHSS	2.7 ± 2.48	1.91 ± 2.21	0.78 ± 0.85	0.001***
	Fire-heat score	16.91 ± 6.13	13.78 ± 5.71	3.13 ± 1.89	0.000***
	mRS ≤ 2, n (%)	13	18	–	0.208
	BI ≥ 85, n (%)	6	12	–	0.13

**p ≤ 0.01, ***p ≤ 0.001.