Table 1.
Baseline characteristics, angiographic outcomes, procedural details and complications in mortality and survival at 90 days
| Variable | Mortality n=78 | Survival n=432 | P value |
| Age ≥70 | 49 (62.82) | 198 (45.83) | 0.0057 |
| Sex (male) | 44 (56.41) | 250 (57.87) | 0.8102 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 23 (29.49) | 72 (16.67) | 0.0074 |
| Hypertension | 51 (65.38) | 259 (59.95) | 0.3659 |
| Hypercholesterolaemia | 1 (1.28) | 18 (4.17) | 0.3611 |
| Previous ischaemic stroke | 11 (14.10) | 59 (13.66) | 0.9163 |
| Peripheral artery disease | 0 (0.00) | 3 (0.69) | 1.0000 |
| Heart disease | 44 (56.41) | 221 (51.16) | 0.3928 |
| Atrial fibrillation | 43 (55.13) | 192 (44.44) | 0.0815 |
| Chronic heart failure | 4 (5.13) | 26 (6.02) | 0.9632 |
| Myocardial infarction | 6 (7.69) | 23 (5.32) | 0.5717 |
| Mechanical aorta and/or mitral valve rep | 1 (1.28) | 10 (2.31) | 0.8773 |
| Smoking | 8 (10.26) | 112 (25.93) | 0.0027 |
| Statin | 4 (5.13) | 37 (8.56) | 0.3042 |
| Antiplatelet agents | 13 (16.67) | 72 (16.67) | 1.0000 |
| Anticoagulant pretreatment | 6 (7.69) | 34 (7.87) | 0.9571 |
| NIHSS score on admission ≥17 | 60 (76.92) | 214 (49.54) | <0.0001 |
| NIHSS score after thrombectomy (24±6 hours) ≥11 | 72 (92.31) | 197 (45.60) | <0.0001 |
| ASPECTS <9 | 47 (61.04) | 201 (46.74) | 0.0208 |
| Intravenous thrombolysis | 40 (51.28) | 227 (52.55) | 0.8370 |
| Glucose level ≥130 mg/dL | 50 | 171 | <0.0001 |
| Location of intracranial artery occlusion | |||
| ICA | 40 (51.28) | 142 (32.87) | 0.0075 |
| M1 middle cerebral artery segment | 32 (41.03) | 248 (57.41) | |
| M2 middle cerebral artery segment | 6 (7.69) | 42 (9.72) | |
| Cause of stroke | |||
| Cardioembolic | 39 (50.00) | 189 (43.75) | 0.510 |
| Large-artery occlusion | 14 (17.95) | 76 (17.59) | |
| Undetermined | 25 (32.05) | 167 (38.66) | |
| Anaesthesia | |||
| Local anaesthesia | 27 (35.06) | 158 (37.26) | 0.2423 |
| Sedation | 18 (23.38) | 129 (30.42) | |
| General anaesthesia | 32 (41.56) | 137 (32.31) | |
| Extracranial stent placement | 2 (2.56) | 37 (8.56) | 0.0664 |
| Intracranial stent placement | 11 (14.10) | 37 (8.56) | 0.1232 |
| Procedural complications | |||
| Vessel dissection | 2 (2.56) | 6 (1.39) | 0.7843 |
| Contrast extravasation | 3 (3.85) | 7 (1.62) | 0.3891 |
| Embolisation into a new territory | 14 (17.95) | 40 (9.26) | 0.0217 |
| Femoral access complications | 0 (0.00) | 1 (0.23) | 1.0000 |
| Symptomatic ICH | 16 (20.51) | 11 (2.55) | <0.0001 |
ASPECTS, Alberta Stroke Program Early Computed Tomography Score; ICA, internal carotid artery; ICH, intracranial haemorrhage; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale.