Table 3

Technical and clinical outcome for all, transferred and directly admitted patients

Excluding pre-stroke mRS >1
Technical/clinical outcomeAll patients
(n=100)
Transferred patients
(n=53)
Directly admitted patients
(n=38)
p Value
Final o-TICI 2b-3 only pREset
 % (n/n vessels)84.4% (92/109)84.2% (48/57)82.6% (38/46)0.828
Final o-TICI 2b–3 overall
 % (n/n vessels)85.3% (93/109)86.0% (49/57)82.6% (38/46)0.640
Passages until final o-TICI overall
 Mean (n vessels; SD)1.91 (109; 1.31)1.95 (57; 1.38)1.91 (46; 1.30)0.898
Intraprocedural complications
 % (n/n)10.0% (10/100)9.4% (5/53)13.2% (5/38)0.575
Emboli to new or same territory
 % (n/n)5.0% (5/100)1.9% (1/53)10.5% (4/38)0.157
Hemorrhage post
 Any hemorrhage, % (n/n)14.0% (14/100)13.2% (7/53)18.4% (7/38)0.497
 Parenchymal, % (n/n)6.0% (6/100)7.5% (4/53)5.3% (2/38)1.000
 Subarachnoid, % (n/n)7.0% (7/100)3.8% (2/53)13.2% (5/38)0.124
 Subdural, % (n/n)2.0% (2/100)3.8% (2/53)0.0% (0/38)0.508
 Symptomatic, % (n/n)2.0% (2/100)1.9% (1/53)2.6% (1/38)1.000
NIHSS at 24–72 hours
 Median (n; range)5 (99; 0–42)6 (52; 0–42)3 (38; 0–22)0.005
NIHSS at discharge=0
 % (n/n)24.5% (23/94)16.7% (8/48)36.8% (14/38)0.033
mRS after 90 days; % (n/n)
 024.0% (23/96)16.0% (8/50)40.5% (15/37)0.010
 0–154.2% (52/96)48.0% (24/50)73.0% (27/37)0.019
 0–262.5% (60/96)58.0% (29/50)78.4% (29/37)0.046
 3–530.2% (29/96)36.0% (18/50)18.9% (7/37)0.082
 67.3% (7/96)6.0% (3/50)2.7% (1/37)0.633
  • Significant p values are shown in bold.

  • mRS, modified Rankin Scale; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; o-TICI, original Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction score.