Table 1:

Univariate analysis in the atherothrombotic tandem occlusion group

mRS 0–2 (n = 27) No. (%) or (Mean)mRS >2 (n = 38) No. (%) or (Mean)P Value
Age (yr)27 (64.6 ± 8.1)38 (69.2 ± 10.6).04
Men27 (0.9 ± 0.3)38 (0.9 ± 0.3).47
Hypertension21 (77.8)27 (71.1).58
Cigarette smoking11 (40.7)21 (55.3).32
Dyslipidemia19 (70.4)19 (50).13
Diabetes11 (40.7)14 (36.8).80
Other cardiovascular risk factors2 (7.4)9 (23.7).11
Left side13 (48.1)27 (71.1).08
Distal ICA occlusion8 (29.6)22 (57.9).04
Baseline NIHSS score27 (14.9 ± 6.3)38 (18.9 ± 5.2).005
Baseline DWI–ASPECTS27 (7.1 ± 1.7)37 (6.7 ± 1.5).22
IV rtPA16 (59.3)24 (63.2).80
Onset-reperfusion time (min)24 (377 ± 147.3)32 (390.4 ± 173.4).93
Procedural time (min)25 (76.6 ± 39.1)33 (85.8 ± 48.5).49
Number of stent retriever passes27 (1.9 ± 0.9)37 (2.5 ± 1.2).03
Acute stenting10 (37)15 (39.5)1
Procedural complications5 (18.5)17 (44.7).04
Ischemic extension2 (7.4)19 (50)<.001
Hemorrhagic transformation8 (29.6)23 (60.5).02
    Subarachnoid hemorrhage1 (3.7)4 (10.5).39
    H-13 (11.1)3 (7.9).69
    H-24 (14.8)7 (18.4).75
    PH-10 (0)3 (7.9).26
    PH-20 (0)7 (18.4).04
    sICH0 (0)10 (26.3).004
TICI 2b/325 (92.6)16 (42.1)<.001