Research Article

Initial Clinical Experience of Repeat Thrombectomy with a Retrieval Stent (RTRS) with Continuous Proximal Flow Arrest by Balloon Guide Catheter for Acute Intracranial Carotid Occlusion

Table 1

Baseline characteristics, clinical features, and preprocedural radiological features of the 32 patients who underwent RTRS.

Item

Clinical featuresMale sex, (%)12 (37.5%)
Age, (y)
OPT, (min)
TOAST-CE21 (65.6%)
TOAST-undetermined: cryptogenic embolism11 (34.4%)
Admission NIHSS, IQR19 (17, 21)

Vascular risk factorsHypertension, (%)23 (71.9%)
Diabetes mellitus, (%)6 (18.8%)
Atrial fibrillation, (%)21 (65.6%)
Hyperlipidemia, (%)3 (9.4%)
History of smoking, (%)7 (21.9%)

Preprocedural radiological featuresCBS, IQR4.5 (3, 5)

SD: standard deviation; OPT: onset-to-presentation time; TOAST: Trial of Org 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment; CE: cardioembolism; NIHSS: NIH stroke scale: IQR: interquartile range; CBS: clot burden score.