Table 1. Baseline characteristics of patients.
| Patient | Gender | Age (years) | HTN | HC | DM | CS | Side | NIHSS | Time to PET (hours) |
Carotid artery |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ipsi. | Contra | ||||||||||
| 1 | M | 53 | − | − | − | − | L | 16 | 8.5 | Diss. | NL |
| 2 | M | 66 | + | − | − | − | L | 9 | 20.5 | NL | NL |
| 3 | F | 74 | + | − | − | + | L | 6 | 17 | 80% to 95% | NL |
| 4 | M | 64 | + | − | − | − | R | 10 | 17 | 70% to 79% | NL |
| 5 | F | 84 | − | − | − | − | R | 10 | 22 | NL | NL |
| 6 | M | 22 | − | − | − | − | L | 18 | 22.5 | NL | NL |
| 7 | F | 73 | − | − | − | − | L | 17 | 22.5 | NL | NL |
Contra, contralateral; CS, cigarette smoking; Diss., dissection; DM, diabetes mellitus; F, female, HC, hypercholesterolemia; HTN, arterial hypertension; Ipsi., ipsilateral; L, left; M, male; MCA, middle cerebral artery; −, absent; NIHSS, National Institute of Health Stroke Scale; NL, nil significant; +, present; PET, possitron emission tomography; R, right.