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Table 2 Clinical characteristics of enrolled patients with LAA

From: The prognostic significance of hyperdense middle cerebral artery sign in cardioembolic stroke patients undergoing mechanical thrombectomy

Variables

Total (n = 116)

Non-HMCAS in LAA (n = 83)

HMCAS in LAA (n = 33)

p value

Age (years), Mean ± SD

62.79 ± 11.85

62.63 ± 12.33

63.21 ± 10.73

0.811

Male sex, n(%)

59 (50.86)

45 (54.22)

14 (42.42)

0.252

Hypertension, n(%)

85 (73.28)

63 (75.90)

22 (66.67)

0.310

Diabetes mellitus, n(%)

30 (25.86)

25 (30.12)

5 (15.15)

0.097

Hyperlipidemia, n(%)

24 (20.69)

18 (21.69)

6 (18.18)

0.674

Previous stroke or TIA, n(%)

23 (19.83)

16 (19.28)

7 (21.21)

0.814

Atrial fbrillation, n(%)?

5 (4.31)

3 (3.61)

2 (6.06)

0.937

Coronary heart disease, n(%)

13 (11.21)

11 (13.25)

2 (6.06)

0.434

Smoking, n(%)

45 (38.79)

31 (37.35)

14 (42.42)

0.613

Intravenous thrombolysis, n(%)

32 (27.59)

19 (22.89)

13 (39.39)

0.073

ASPECTS, M (Q₁, Q₃)

9.00 (7.00, 10.00)

9.00 (7.00, 10.00)

9.00 (7.00, 9.00)

0.306

Baseline NIHSS score, M (Q₁, Q₃)

12.00 (7.00, 16.25)

10.00 (6.00, 17.00)

13.00 (10.00, 16.00)

0.142

PRT, M (Q₁, Q₃)

98.50 (75.00, 124.25)

107.00 (75.50, 126.00)

90.00 (71.00, 120.00)

0.344

OPT, M (Q₁, Q₃)

342.00 (260.00, 410.50)

300.00 (240.00, 375.50)

385.00 (356.00, 495.00)

< 0.001

DPT, M (Q₁, Q₃)

110.00 (90.00, 140.00)

108.00 (90.00, 132.00)

114.00 (86.00, 149.00)

0.723

first-pass recanalization, n(%)

31 (26.72)

27 (32.53)

4 (12.12)

0.025

Number of passes, M (Q₁, Q₃)

2.00 (1.00, 3.00)

2.00 (1.00, 3.00)

3.00 (2.00, 4.00)

< 0.001

Successful recanalization, n(%)

96 (82.76)

68 (81.93)

28 (84.85)

0.707

All HT, n(%)

35 (30.17)

23 (27.71)

12 (36.36)

0.360

S-ich, n(%)

13 (11.21)

10 (12.05)

3 (9.09)

0.897

Good outcome, n(%)

50 (43.10)

35 (42.17)

15 (45.45)

0.747

  1. Bold p values indicate statistical significance
  2. HMCAS: hyperdense middle cerebral artery sign
  3. Non-HMCAS: None-hyperdense middle cerebral artery sign
  4. TIA, transient ischemic attack; NIHSS, National Institute of Health Stroke Scale; ASPECTS, Alberta stroke program early CT score; OPT, onset-to-groin puncture time; DPT, door-to-recanalization time; PRT, groin puncture-to-recanalization time; HT, hemorrhagic transformation; sHT, symptomatic hemorrhagic transformation