Table 3:

Patient population features

AgeSex Ratio (M/F)Diabetes (%)Antiplatelet Therapy (%)Stroke Etiology (CE/Atherom/Other) (%)
Recanalizers + Nonrecanalizers
    Distal MCA-M1 occlusion (n = 23)67.5 (15.1)7/1602660.8/8.7/30.4
    Proximal MCA-M1 occlusion (n = 26)63 (16.7)8/1811.534.669.2/3.8/26.9
    ICA-MCA M1 occlusion (n = 15)66 (10.2)14/103300/93.3/6.6
    All (n = 64)65 (14.8)30/344.731.250/26.5/23.5
Recanalizers
    Distal MCA-M1 occlusion (n = 19)66 (16.2)7/1202157.9/10.5/31.5
    Proximal MCA-M1 occlusion (n = 16)59.8 (20)6/1012.543.768.7/00/31.2
    ICA-MCA M1 occlusion (n = 11)66.7 (10.2)11/0036.300/100/00
    All (n = 46)62.5 (18)13/3342246/28/24
Nonrecanalizers
    Distal MCA-M1 occlusion (n = 4)74.7 (4.6)1/305075/00/25
    Proximal MCA-M1 occlusion (n = 10)68 (8.4)2/8102070/10/20
    ICA-MCA M1 occlusion (n = 4)64 (11.5)3/102500/75/25
    All (n = 18)69 (8.88)6/1262856/22/22
  • Note:—Recanalizers = arterial occlusive lesion (AOL) 3 recanalization, ie, full recanalization; nonrecanalizers = AOL 0–2 recanalization, ie, partial or null recanalization. Univariate statistical analysis comparing recanalizers with nonrecanalizers. Results are expressed as mean (standard deviation), ratio, or percentages. CE/Atherom/Other indicates cardioembolic, atheromatous, and other etiology.