Table 2 Index stroke, treatment, and outcome.
All enrolled (n = 77) | Follow-up (n = 54) | No follow-up (n = 23) | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ischemic hemisphere, right side, n (%) | 44 (57.1) | 32 (59.3) | 12 (52.2) | 0.746 |
Onset, n (%) | 0.387 | |||
Wake-up | 19 (24.7) | 11 (20.4) | 8 (34.8) | |
Unwitnessed | 10 (13.0) | 7 (13.0) | 3 (13.0) | |
Stroke etiology, n (%) | 0.397 | |||
Large-artery atherosclerosis | 28 (36.4) | 21 (38.9) | 7 (30.4) | |
Cardio-aortic embolism | 27 (35.1) | 18 (33.3) | 9 (39.1) | |
Other causes (dissection) | 5 (6.5) | 2 (3.7) | 3 (13) | |
Undetermined causes | 17 (22.1) | 13 (24.1) | 4 (17.4) | |
IVT, n (%) | 35 (45.5) | 28 (51.9) | 7 (30.4) | 0.133 |
Occluded artery, n (%) | ||||
ICA | 6 (7.8) | 4 (7.4) | 2 (8.7) | 1.000 |
ICA-top | 14 (18.2) | 10 (18.5) | 4 (17.4) | 1.000 |
ICA-tandem | 12 (15.6) | 11 (20.4) | 1 (4.3) | 0.095 |
M1 | 50 (64.9) | 36 (66.7) | 14 (60.9) | 0.795 |
M2 | 23 (29.9) | 17 (31.5) | 6 (26.1) | 0.787 |
ACA | 8 (10.4) | 5 (9.3) | 3 (13.0) | 0.690 |
BA | 5 (6.5) | 2 (3.7) | 3 (13.0) | 0.154 |
PCA | 3 (3.9) | 3 (5.6) | 1 (4.3) | 1.000 |
ASPECTS / PC-ASPECTS, median (IQR) | ||||
Before EVT 24-h | 8 (6; 10) 7 (5; 8) | 9 (7; 10) 7 (6; 8.75) | 7 (6; 8.5) 5 (3; 7) | 0.081 0.002 |
Successful reperfusion (mTICI ≥ 2b), n (%) | 69 (89.6) | 51 (94.4) | 18 (78.3) | 0.047 |
Last-known-well to reperfusion* | 294 (202; 625) | 280 (178; 523) | 344 (283; 887) | 0.033 |
NIHSS, median (IQR) | ||||
Before EVT | 16.5 (11; 21.25) | 15 (9.25; 20) | 20 (14.25; 23.75) | 0.026 |
24-h | 6 (3; 13.25) | 5 (3; 9) | 16 (8.5; 20.75) | < 0.001 |
90-day | N/A | 2 (1; 4) | N/A | |
90-day mRS, median (IQR) | 3 (1; 4) | 2 (1; 3) | 6 (4; 6) | < 0.001 |
90-day independence†, n (%) | 36 (46.8) | 32 (59.2) | 4 (16.7) | 0.001 |
Vascular events‡, n (%) | 5 (6.5) | 2 (3.7) | 3 (13) | 0.154 |
All-cause mortality, n (%) | ||||
90-day | 13 (16.9) | 0 (0) | 13 (56.5) | < 0.001 |
1 year | 19 (24.7) | 4 (7.4) | 15 (65.2) | < 0.001 |