Comparison of Neurologic and Radiographic Outcomes with Solitaire versus Merci/Penumbra Systems for Acute Stroke Intervention

Table 2

Recanalization grade as compared with NIHSS outcome at time of discharge.

	Good	Fair	Poor
TIMI 3	15	2	4
TIMI 2	3	4	1
TIMI 0 or 1	0	0	2

Bold emphasizes 15 of 18 patients (83%) with good NIHSS outcome at discharge had TIMI 3, while 7 out of 13 patients (54%) with fair or poor outcome did not achieve complete recanalization (TIMI 2 or 1).
Table graphically shows that TIMI 3 perfusion was a statistically significant predictor of good outcome at discharge (𝑃=0.012).