Baseline characteristics and treatment variables of all patients undergoing an endovascular procedure*
Patient No | Location | HU | Size (mm) | NIHSS | Device | Passes | DAC | TICI | Complication | mRS | Presumed embolic source |
1 | M1 right | 320 | 7×3 | 24 | Capture (3×15/20 mm) | 3 | Sofia Plus 6F | 0 | Break up of the wire of the capture device, capture is left in the M1 segment without bypass effect | 6 | |
2 | M2 right | 150 | 10×2 | 5 | Capture (3×15/20 mm) | 4 | Yes, not specified | 2a | None | 6 | |
3 | Carotid T right | 240 | 5×4 | 12 | Solitaire (6×30 mm) | 5 | Sofia plus | 2a | None | 5 | |
4 | M1 right | 640 | 7×4 | 15 | Capture (3×15/20 mm) | 2 | 5 Max ACE | 0 | None | Lost to follow-up | |
5 | M1 left | 480 | 5×3 | 12 | Capture (3×15/20 mm) | 1 | 5 Max ACE | 0 | Perforation of M3 branch which was occluded with coils – subarachnoid contrast/ blood | 6 | After TAVI |
6 | M2 left | 160 | 5×2 | 24 | Solitaire 4×20 mm | 4 | 5 Max ACE | 0 | None | 6 | After renal artery stenting |
7 | M1 left | 180 | 5×2 | 4 | Solitaire 4×20 mm | 1 | No | 3 | None | 0 | |
8 | Carotid T right | 270 | 7×3 | 16 | Solitaire 6×30 mm | 3 | 5 Max ACE | 1 | Decompressive craniotomy | 6 | |
9 | M2 left | 350 | 4×2 | 7 | No intervention due to tortuosity and inaccessibility of intracranial circulation | 6 | |||||
10 | M1 right | 440 | 5×4 | 12 | No intervention due to good collaterals | 2 | After aortic arch repair | ||||
11 | M1 left | 255 | 8×4 | 8 | No intervention due to good collaterals | 0 |
*Three patients showed a calcified intracranial thrombus on non-contrast CT but were not included for further analysis (No 9–11).
DAC, distal access catheter; HU, Hounsfield units; mRS, modified Rankin Scale; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; TAVI, transcatheter aortic valve implantation; TICI, Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction.