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Table 2 Values are numbers with percentages in parentheses, unless indicated otherwise

From: Endovascular treatment for acute basilar artery occlusion: a single center retrospective observational study

Variable name

Overall cohort (n = 187)

Procedural features

 Prior use of intravenous tPA

36 (19.3)

 General anaesthesia

147 (78.6)

 Use of Solitaire retriever

138 (73.8)

No. of passes

  ≤ 1

70 (50.7)

 2

38 (27.5)

  ≥ 3

30 (21.7)

 -arterial tPA or Urokinase

43 (23.0)

 Balloon angioplasty

101 (54.0)

 Stenting

93 (49.7)

 Onset to puncture time, median (IQR), hours

7 (5–10)

 Procedure time, median (IQR), hours

1.5 (1–2)

 Onset to recanalization time, median (IQR), hours

8.5 (6–11)

 Procedural complications

 Embolization in distal or new territory

18 (9.6)

 Arterial dissection

6 (3.2)

 Arterial perforation

8 (4.3)

 Target-vessel reocclusion

17 (9.1)

Outcome measures

 Successful recanalization (mTICI 2b-3)

158 (84.5)

 Complete recanalization (mTICI 3)

126 (67.4)

 Hemorrhagic transformation within 24 h

29 (15.5)

 SICH (ECASS III definition) within 24 h

8 (4.3)

 Functional independence (mRS 0–2) at 90 days

68 (36.4)

 Favorable outcome (mRS 0–3) at 90 days

92 (49.2)

 Mortality at 90 days

38 (20.3)

  1. Abbreviations: ECASS European Cooperative Acute Stroke Study, IQR interquartile range, mRS modified Rankin Scale, mTICI modified Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction, SICH symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage, tPA tissue Plasminogen Activator