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Category No. (%) Level of occlusion RVA, no LVA 2 RVA, small LVA 1 RVA, large LVA 0 LVA, no RVA 0 LVA, small RVA 1 LVA, large RVA 0 Bilateral VA 1 Lower basilar trunk 22 Upper basilar trunk 9 Basilar apex 29 RPCA 2 LPCA 5 Bilateral PCA 1 PC-ASPECTS 10 23 9 8 8 14 7 10 6 5 5 2 4 1 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 No data 9 PcomA None 30 1, <1 mm 9 1, ≥1 mm 4 2, both <1 mm 7 2, 1 <1 mm; 1 ≥1 mm 9 2, both ≥1 mm 12 No data 2 I-mTICI 0 66 (90.41) 1 5 (6.85) 2b 1 (1.37) 2c 1 (1.37) F-mTICI 0 6 (8.22) 1 3 (4.11) 2a 1 (1.37) 2b 20 (27.40) 2c 7 (9.59) 3 36 (49.32) F-mTICI ranges 0–2a 10 (13.70) 2b–3 63 (86.30) Note:—PcomA indicates posterior communicating artery; RVA, right vertebral artery; LVA, left vertebral artery; VA, vertebral artery; RPCA, right posterior cerebral artery; LPCA, left posterior cerebral artery; PCA, posterior cerebral artery.
- Table 2:
Final documented causes for posterior circulatory occlusion in the 73 patients with complete data
Cause No. (%) Cardiogenic 26 (35.62) Intracranial atheroma 20 (27.40) Unknown 9 (12.33) Dissection 7 (9.59) Other NOS 5 (6.85) Iatrogenic 3 (4.11) Extracranial atheroma 2 (2.74) Paradoxical 1 (1.37) Note:—NOS indicates not otherwise specified.
- Table 3:
Univariable and multivariable odds ratios for the association between each predictor variable and binary mRS (where mRS >2 is the reference group)
Predictor No. Univariable OR 95% CI P Multivariable ORa 95% CI P Time to recanalization 67 1.01 –0.99–1.03 .37 GCS 73 1.18 1.04–1.33 .01 1.21 1.04–1.42 .001 IV-tPA No 62 1.00 Yes 11 1.12 0.29–4.25 .87 Sex F 26 1.00 M 47 1.28 0.46–3.55 .64 Age (yr) 73 0.97 0.94–1.00 .04 0.96 0.92–1.00 .05 PC-ASPECTS 64 1.66 1.12–2.47 .01 1.77 1.14–2.73 .01 ↵a OR from the final model multivariable model (n = 64).
- Table 4:
Univariable odds ratios, sensitivities, specificities, and area under ROC curves for the association between each predictor variable and binary mRS (where mRS >2 is the reference group)
Predictor Positive Group OR (95% CI) Sensitivity (95% CI) Specificity (95% CI) AUC (95% CI) GCS GCS > 13 5.70 (1.97–16.47) 0.60 (0.39–0.79) 0.79 (0.65–0.90) 0.70 (0.58–0.81) PC-ASPECTS >9 4.03 (1.36–11.98) 0.57 (0.35–0.77) 0.76 (0.60–0.88) 0.66 (0.54–0.78) Age (yr) <68.5 1.50 (0.56–4.07)a 0.64 (0.43–0.82) 0.46 (0.31–0.61) 0.55 (0.43–0.69) Multivariable model Pr <0.32 11.48 (3.22–40.91) 0.83 (0.61–0.95) 0.71 (0.55–0.84) 0.77 (0.55–0.84) Note:—AUC indicates area under the curve; Pr, predicted probability from the model; ROC, receiver operating characteristic.
↵a Not significant.
- Table 5:
Cross-tabulation and χ2 analyses for the association between mRS (0–2 vs 3–6) and binary mTICI measures in the 73 patients with complete data
mRS P1 0–2 3–6 F-mTICI 0–2a 0 10 2b–3 25 38 .01 I-mTICI 0-2a 24 47 2b–3 1 1 .63
