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Table 1 Summary of clinical and demographic characteristics of the study population

From: Second-stage pipeline embolization device treatment with coil embolization for large cerebral aneurysm prevents silent diffusion-weighted image ischemic infarction: a retrospective study

Characteristic

All patients

Second-stage PED/coils

Single-stage PED/coils

P value

Aneurysms treated, n

22

10

12

 

Age, years, mean (SD)

62.6 (10.3)

59.1 (9.4)

65.6 (10.2)

0.16

Female sex, n

18 (81.8%)

7 (70%)

11 (91.7%)

0.29

Dual antiplatelet therapy

 ASA + Clopidogrel, n

19 (86.4%)

10 (100%)

9 (75.0%)

0.2

 ASA + Cilostazol, n

1 (4.5%)

0 (0%)

1 (8.3%)

1.0

 ASA + Prasugrel, n

2 (9.1%)

0 (0%)

2 (16.7)

0.48

 Aneurysm size, mm, mean (SD)

18.4 (6.7)

15.4 (4.2)

20.9 (7.3)

0.05

 Neck size, mm, mean (SD)

7.1 (3.0)

6.0 (1.9)

8.2 (3.4)

0.10

 Symptomatic aneurysm, n

8 (36.4%)

1 (10%)

7 (58.3%)

0.03

 Follow-up, months, mean (SD)

29.6 (15.9)

24.8 (14.1)

33.7 (16.2)

0.21

  1. PED pipeline embolization device, SD standard deviation, ASA acetylsalicylic acid