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Table 5 Adverse effects within 90 days after endovascular thrombectomy with/ without intravenous alteplase intervention

From: Endovascular Thrombectomy preceded by intravenous Alteplase versus endovascular Thrombectomy alone in Han Chinese patients treated for acute ischemic stroke with large vessel occlusion: a single-center retrospective analysis

Adverse event

Cohorts

Comparisons

EA cohort

ET cohort

Treatment(s)

Endovascular thrombectomy + intravenous alteplase intervention

Endovascular thrombectomy

Numbers of patients who underwent treatment

184

141

p-value

Asymptomatic intracranial hemorrhage

69 (38)

45 (32)

0.297

Symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage

13 (7)

5 (4)

0.171

Infarction in new territory

10 (5)

7 (5)

0.851

Large or malignant middle cerebral artery infarction

25 (14)

15 (11)

0.424

Pneumonia

15 (8)

10 (7)

0.723

Aspiration related event(s)

12 (7)

9 (6)

0.959

Allergic reaction to contrast material

2 (1)

1 (1)

0.725

Other adjudicated adverse effect(s)

15 (8)

11 (8)

0.908

  1. Variables are demonstrated as frequency (percentages)
  2. An unpaired t-test was performed for statistical analysis
  3. Results were significant if p-value < 0.05
  4. Patients might have more than one adverse effect
  5. Heidelberg criteria