Procedural and periprocedural complications
| n (%) | |
| Mortality, n* | 1 (3%) |
| Stroke, n† | |
| Minor | 1 (3%) |
| Major | 0 (0%) |
| Hemorrhage, n | |
| ICH | 0 (0%) |
| SAH* | 1 (3%) |
| Cranial nerve palsy, n | 1 (3%) |
| In situ PED thrombus, n‡ | 2 (6%) |
| Iatrogenic vessel dissection, n | 0 (0%) |
| Transient neurological deficit, n | 1 (3%) |
| Groin complication, n | 1 (3%) |
↵* SAH and mortality were complications in the same patient.
↵† Major stroke was defined as stroke present after 7 days that increased the NIH stroke scale by ≥4 points, and minor stroke was defined as a stroke that resolves completely within 7 days or increases the NIH stroke scale by ≤3 points.19
↵‡ In both instances the thrombus completely resolved following treatment with ReoPro. One patient had no clinical sequelae and the other patient had a minor stroke.
ICH, intracerebral hemorrhage; SAH, subarachnoid hemorrhage.