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Patient Data No. of patients 130 Mean age (yr) 68.8 (min. 18, max. 90) Sex Female 64 (49.2%) Male 66 (50.8%) Median NIHSS score on admission (range) 16.32 ± 6.4 (min. 2, max. 34) Intracranial occlusion site Proximal ICA + distal ICA/MCA 17 (13.1%) Terminus ICA 25 (19.2%) M1 77 (59.2%) Main branch 71 (54.6%) Postbifurcal segment 6 (4.6%) M2 11 (8.5%) Reperfusion results TICI 0 5 (3.6%) TICI 1 4 (3.1%) TICI 2a 22 (15.4%) TICI 2b 46 (35.4%) TICI 3 55 (42.3%) Time from stroke onset to groin puncture (minutes) (mean) 175.7 ± 45.4 (min. 65, max. 270) Time from stroke onset to final recanalization (minutes) (mean) 246.0 ± 71.7 (min. 94, max. 432) mRS after 3 months (n = 124) 0 17 (13.1%) 1 12 (9.2%) 2 18 (13.8%) 3 17 (13.1%) 4 16 (12.3%) 5 14 (10.8%) 6 30 (23.1%) Symptomatic hemorrhage 17 Patients (13.1%) Periprocedural complications 10 (7.7%) SAH 6 (4.6%) Thrombus lost 1 (0.8%) Dissection 2 (1.6%) Loss of device 2 (1.6%) Note:—Max. indicates maximum; min, minimum.
↵a Numbers of patients and percentage are displayed unless otherwise noted.
Contraindication No. of Patients (n = 130) Phenprocoumon (INR > 1.7) 44 (33.8%) Recent surgery 23 (17.7%) Recent stroke 21 (16.2%) Emergency stentangioplasty 10 (7.7%) IV heparin 6 (4.6%) Metastasizing cancer 5 (3.8%) History of ICH 3 (2.3%) Previous trauma 2 (1.5%) Epileptic onset 2 (1.5%) Gastrointestinal bleeding 2 (1.5%) Coagulative disorder 1 (0.8%) Intracranial aneurysm 1 (0.8%) Not evaluable 10 (7.7%) Note:—INR indicates international normalized ratio; ICH, intracerebral hemorrhage.