Table 2:

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

Patient/Sex/Age (y)OTDT/OTPTPreprocedural Neurologic SymptomsA-NIHSS/P-NIHSSHigh Signal Intensity on DWIStenotic Vessels*Occluded Vessels*
17/M/7724/27Somnolence, OP, BP, HP15/15CERlt.V4-pBA, rt.V4None
18/M/652/96BP, frequent drop attacks2/1OLrt.V4-pBAlt.V4
19/M/782/4Deep coma, AR, OP, BP, QP33/33CERdBArt.V2
20/M/594/72Frequent drop attacks4/0Nonelt.V1, lt.V3, mBANone
21/M/756/120OP, BP, frequent syncopal attacks2/2OLpBAlt.V3
22/M/702/168OP, BP, frequent drop attacks6/2PLt.V4, rt.V4, mBANone
23/F/8224/140BP, HP, frequent syncopal attacks3/3PmBArt.V3
24/M/6448/168OP, frequent syncopal attacks2/1PpBANone
25/M/6051/98Stupor, OP, BP, QP8/17MB, CERmBANone
26/M/7410/96BP, frequent drop attacks1/1NonemBArt.V1
27/M/7812/144Stupor, OP, BP, HP8/18CERlt. V1, mBArt.V1
28/M/662/168OP, BP, HP10/7Prt.V4-pBAlt.V3
  • 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; 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, intraextraspinal segment of the vertebral artery; V4, intradural segment of the vertebral artery; pBA, proximal basilar artery; mBA, middle basilar artery; dBA, distal basilar artery.

  • * This was diagnosed by angiography.