Characteristics of endovascular thrombectomy and hypothermia (n=22)
| Parameters | |
| Occlusion site, n (%) | |
| First segment of MCA (M1) | 12 (55%) |
| Second segment of MCA (M2) | 3 (14%) |
| Distal ICA+M1 | 3 (14%) |
| Tandem occlusion (proximal ICA+M1) | 4 (18%) |
| Left hemisphere | 11 (50%) |
| Reperfusion, n (%) | |
| mTICI 3 | 9 (41%) |
| mTICI 2b | 11 (50%) |
| mTICI 2a | 0 |
| mTICI 0 to 1 | 2 (9%) |
| Time point of EVT (min) | |
| LSN-to-groin (min) | 309 (228–580) |
| <6 hour | 11 (50%) |
| >6 hour | 5 (23%) |
| Unknown | 6 (27%) |
| LSN-to-recanalisation | 355 (258–645) |
| Times from door to X: (min) | |
| Intubation | 54 (34–75) |
| Start transnasal cooling | 58 (39–79) |
| Groin puncture | 65 (45–81) |
| Recanalisation | 123 (93–140) |
| Transnasal cooling | |
| Time taken to reach 35°C (min) | 30 (23–37) |
| Cooling rate (°C/hr) | 2.6 (2.1–2.9) |
| Temperature at recanalisation | 34.9 (34.7–35.0) |
| 35°C at recanalisation (n) | 19 (86%) |
| Temperature of patients who did not reach 35°C at by recanalisation (°C) | 35.2, 35.2, 35.5 |
| Hypothermia | |
| Duration of steady-state-hypothermia (h) | 6.6 (6.3–6.9) |
| Duration of re-warming (h) | 7 (7–9) |
Data are presented as n (%), median (IQR).
ICA, internal carotid artery; LSN, last seen normal; MCA, middle cerebral artery; mTICI, modified thrombolysis in cerebral infarction.