Angiographic and clinical outcomes in patients with AC-LVO treated with DA or SR as first-line device
| Ref | Device | % M1 occlusion | % catheter with ID >0.064 | % with aspiration | % with BGC | After first line | At the end | Median procedural time (min) | % use of rescue therapy | Complications | % mRS 0–2 | % mRS 6 | ||||
| % TICI >2b | % TICI 3 | % FPE | % TICI >2b | % TICI 3 | ENT | sICH | ||||||||||
| Lapergue 2016 | DA | 71.2% | 0% | 100% | 0% | NA | NA | NA | 82.3%* | NA | 45 | 45.2%* | 5.7% | 2.4% | 53.0% | 22.6% |
| SR | 0% | 0% | 100% | NA | NA | NA | 68.9%* | NA | 50 | 13.5%* | 6.8% | 5.9% | 54.8% | 17.4% | ||
| Lapergue 2017 | DA | 57.1% | 47.7% | 100% | 0% | 63.0% | 28.7% | NA | 85.4% | 37.5% | 38 | 32.8% | 5.3% | 5.3% | 45.3% | 19.3% |
| SR | 59.1% | NA | 2.9% | 100% | 67.7% | 35.5% | NA | 83.1% | 38.6% | 45 | 23.8% | 8.5% | 6.5% | 50.0% | 19.2% | |
| Stapleton 2018 | DA | 70.2% | NA | 100% | 0% | 46.8% | NA | NA | 83% | NA | 54* | 42.6% | NA | 12.8% | 48.9% | 12.8% |
| SR | 61.4% | NA | 55.7% | 0% | NA | NA | NA | 71.4% | NA | 77* | NA | NA | 10% | 41.4% | 18.6% | |
| Benson 2018 | DA | 54% | NA | NA | 25% | NA | NA | 52% | 63% | 35% | 56.5* | 22% | 2% | 9% | 39% | 27% |
| SR | 59% | NA | NA | 72% | NA | NA | 47% | 56% | 29% | 70* | 26% | 2% | 6% | 38% | 26% | |
| Martini 2019 | DA | 72.0% | NA | NA | NA | 65.7% | NA | NA | 91.2% | NA | 28.2* | 33%* | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| SR | 72.7% | NA | NA | NA | 70% | NA | NA | 87.5% | NA | 43.8* | 20.3%* | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
| Kang 2019 | DA | NA | NA | 100% | 45.2% | 55,9%* | NA | 15.4%* | 80.2% | NA | 60* | 33.8%* | NA | NA | 52.0% | NA |
| SR | NA | NA | 0% | 61.2% | 65%* | NA | 35.6%* | 82.1% | NA | 65* | 25.5%* | NA | NA | 55.5% | NA | |
| Turk 2019 | DA | 75% | 98% | 100% | 32% | 83% | NA | NA | 92% | 38% | 25* | 21% | 3% | 6% | 52% | 23% |
| SR | 74 | 86% | 85% | 43% | 81% | NA | NA | 89% | 29% | 35* | NA | 2% | 6% | 50% | 23% | |
*indicates statistically significant difference.
AC-LVO, anterior circulation large vessel occlusion; BGC, balloon guided catheter; DA, distal aspiration; ENT, embolization in new territory; FPE, first pass effect; ID, inner diameter; mRS, modified Rankin scale; NA, not available; sICH, symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage; SR, stent retriever; TICI, Thrombolysis In Cerebral Infarction.