Table 1.
Patient characteristics at baseline.
| Baseline characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Patient demographics | |
| Number of patients, n | 34 |
| Age, mean (SD), (years) | 72 (±13) |
| Female, n (%) | 22 (64.7) |
| Clinical characteristics | |
| Admission NIHSS score, median (interquartile range) | 15 (13–18) |
| Onset-to-imaging time, median (interquartile range), (minutes) | 161 (118–206) |
| Onset-to-recanalization time, median (interquartile range), (minutes) | 312 (260–368) |
| Pre-stroke mRS, median (interquartile range) | 0 (0–2) |
| Pre-stroke mRS, n (%) | |
| 0 | 20 (58.8) |
| 1 | 6 (17.6) |
| 2 | 3 (8.8) |
| >2 (3 or 4) | 5 (14.7) |
| Imaging characteristics | |
| Location of occlusion in left hemisphere, n (%) | 15 (44.1) |
| Site of occlusion, n (%) | |
| ICA with involvement of the M1 segment | 4 (11.8) |
| Carotis-T | 5 (14.7) |
| M1 segment | 25 (73.5) |
| TL, mean (SD), (cm) | 1.4 (±0.6) |
| CBS, median (interquartile range) | 6 (4–7) |
| HMCAS, n (%) | 23 (67.6) |
| Admission ASPECT, median (interquartile range) | 10 (9–10) |
| Relative filling time delay, mean (SD), (seconds) | 9.69 (± 5.47) |
| Treatment characteristics | |
| Mechanical thrombectomy, n (%) | 34 (100%) |
| Treatment with i.v. rt-PA, n (%) | 26 (76.5) |
| Treatment with i.a. thrombolysis, n (%) | 5 (14.7) |
NIHSS: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; mRS: modified Rankin scale; ICA: internal carotid artery; TL: thrombus length; CBS: clot burden score; HMCAS: hyperdense middle cerebral artery sign; ASPECT: Alberta Stroke Program Early Computed Tomography score; i.v.: intravenous; rt-PA: recombinant tissue plasminogen activator; i.a.: intra-arterial.