Efficacy of the ADAPT technique with larger-bore ACE aspiration catheters
| All cases, n=152 (%) | ACE 60, n=57 (%) | ACE 64, n=35 (%) | ACE 68, n=60 (%) | P values | |
| Mean time puncture to reperfusion, minutes | 34.5 | 44.4 | 30.2 | 27.7 | 0.02*/0.003† |
| Median time puncture to reperfusion, minutes | 24 | 30 | 26 | 19.5 | n/a |
| Mean number of ADAPT passes | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2 | 0.6*/0.8† |
| Median number of ADAPT passes | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | n/a |
| Overall successful reperfusion‡ | 137 (90) | 50 (88) | 32 (91) | 55 (92) | 0.74 |
| Successful reperfusion‡ using ADAPT only | 122 (80) | 38 (67) | 31 (89) | 53 (88) | 0.005 |
| Successful reperfusion‡ after first ADAPT pass | 64 (42) | 19 (33) | 13 (37) | 32 (53) | 0.07/0.04§ |
| Stent-retriever rescue | 22 (14.5) | 15 (26) | 1 (3) | 6 (10) | 0.004 |
| Mean number of ADAPT passes before stent-retriever rescue | 3.3 | 2.6 | 3 | 5 | 0.8*/0.029† |
| Successful reperfusion‡ after stent-retriever rescue | 15 (68) | 12 (80) | 1 (100) | 2 (33) | 0.09 |
*Pvalue for the difference between ACE 60 and ACE 64 using Student’s t-test.
†P-value for the difference between ACE 60 and ACE 68 using Student’s t-test.
‡Defined as thrombolysis in cerebral ischemia 2b, 2c, or 3.
§P value for the difference between ACE 60 and ACE 68 using Chi-square test. n/a: not applicable.