Research Article

Safety Evaluation and Flow Modification in the Anterior Cerebral Artery after Pipeline Embolization Device Deployment across the Internal Carotid Artery Terminus

Table 2

Univariate and multivariate analyses of group 1 and group 2.

CharacteristicUnivariate analysisMultivariate analysis
OR95% CI valueOR95% CI value

Single PED2.5660.693-9.5020.1580.7170.098-5.2630.744
IAO0.1960.056-0.6870.0110.2280.028-1.8400.165
Aneurysm size1.0990.977-1.2350.1141.1430.990-1.3200.068
Aneurysms at the ICAb3.0480.855-10.8650.0865.6990.433-74.9320.186
sPED/I-ICA0.0030.0001-0.2860.0120.00010.0001-0.1640.013

PED: pipeline embolization device; IAO: incomplete aneurysm occlusion; ICAb: the internal carotid artery bifurcation; sPED: the PED size; I-ICA: ipsilateral internal carotid artery. Also entered in the univariate analysis but not significant: I-A1/I-ICA, I-M1/I-ICA, and I-A1/I-M1.