Table 1:

OTDT/OTPT, preprocedural neurologic symptoms, and DWI/angiographic findings in the occlusion group

Patient/Sex/Age (y)OTDT/OTPT (h)Preprocedural Neurologic SymptomsA-NIHSS/P-NIHSSHigh Signal Intensity on DWIOccluded Vessels*
1/M/5768/72Deep coma, AR, OP, BP, QP12/34M, P, CERlt.V4-pBA, rt.V1
2/M/7231/48Stupor, OP, BP, HP8/21M, CER, OLlt.V4, rt.V1
3/M/631/3Coma, AR, OP, BP, QP29/29P, CERlt.V4, rt.V3
4/M/755/7Somnolence, OP, BP, QP17/17Plt.V4, rt.V3, pBA
5/F/628/10Somnolence, BP, HP12/12P, CERmBA
6/F/734/6Deep coma, AR, OP, BP, QP34/34M, P, MB, CERlt.V3, rt.V1
7/M/741/3Deep coma, AR, OP, BP, QP34/34MB, CERpBA
8/M/775/7Stupor, AR, OP, BP, QP22/22P, CER, OLlt.V4-pBA, rt.V2
9/M/849/11Somnolence, BP, HP3/15PmBA, lt.V4
10/F/743/5Coma, AR, OP, BP, QP30/30P, OLmBA
11/M/742/17Deep coma, AR, OP, BP, QP4/30CERlt.V4-pBA, rt.V2
12/M/637/9Deep coma, AR, OP, BP, QP35/35P, CERrt.V4, lt.V3
13/F/7624/47Stupor, AR, OP, BP, QP6/27P, CER, OLlt.V4, rt.V4
14/F/8112/36Coma, AR, OP, BP, QP4/32P, MB, OLmBA
15/F/714/47Stupor, OP, BP, HP7/20P, CERlt.V3, rt.V3
16/F/604/6Deep coma, AR, OP, BP, QP34/34PpBA
  • Note:—OTDT indicates onset-to-door time; OTPT, onset-to-the-procedure time; A-NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score on admission; P-NIHSS, preprocedural National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score; M (column 1), male; F, female; DWI, diffusion-weighted MR imaging performed immediately before the procedure; AR, ataxic respiration; OP, ophthalmoplegia; BP, bulbar palsy; QP, quadriparesis; HP, hemiparesis; M (column 5), medulla oblongata; P, pons; MB, midbrain; CER, cerebellum; OL, occipital lobe; lt., left-sided; rt., right-sided; V1, proximal extraosseous segment of the vertebral artery; V2, foraminal segment of the vertebral artery; V3, intra-extraspinal segment of the vertebral artery; V4, intradural segment of the VA; pBA, proximal basilar artery; mBA, middle basilar artery; dBA, distal basilar artery.

  • * This was diagnosed by angiography.