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Table 2 Angiographic results of SAVE and aspiration only

From: Intracranial mechanical thrombectomy of large vessel occlusions in the posterior circulation using SAVE

 

SAVE

Aspiration only

p-value

Number of patients

18

21

First-pass reperfusion

 mTICI 3

10 (56%)

2 (10%)

0.0022

 mTICI ≥2c

11 (61%)

4 (19%)

0.0079

 mTICI ≥2b

12 (67%)

7 (33%)

0.0404

Final reperfusion

 mTICI 3

12 (67%)

3 (14%)

0.0009

 mTICI ≥2c

14 (78%)

13 (33%)

0.0061

 mTICI ≥2b

16 (89%)

13 (62%)

0.0576

Number of passes, median (IQR)

1 (1–2)

2 (1–4)

0.0249

Groin puncture – reperfusion

46 (29–56)

39 (22–102)

0.9723

(Minutes), median (IQR)

  1. SAVE = Stent retriever Assisted Vacuum-locked Extraction; mTICI = modified Thrombolysis in Cerebral Ischemia; IQR = interquartile range
  2. All values in boldface are significant results (<0.05)