Bridging therapy and direct mechanical thrombectomy in the treatment of cardiogenic cerebral infarction with anterior circulation macrovascular occlusion

Table 4 Comparison of National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale and Glasgow Coma Scale scores between the two groups (mean ± SD)

Group	n	NIHSS	GCS
Before treatment
Direct thrombectomy group	48	16.69 ± 4.91	12.12 ± 2.07
Bridging treatment group	48	18.01 ± 5.11	11.59 ± 1.98
t		1.290	1.282
P value		0.200	0.203
After treatment
Direct thrombectomy group	48	6.91 ± 1.10	14.19 ± 0.65
Bridging treatment group	48	7.13 ± 1.23	14.40 ± 0.59
t		0.924	1.657
P value		0.358	0.101

NIHSS: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; GCS: Glasgow Coma Scale.