Table 1.
Patients’ characteristics
| Characteristic | n = 51 |
|---|---|
| Age (mean ± SD) | 65 ± 13 |
| NIHSS on admission, median (range) | 17 (5–25) |
| Collateral grading, median (range) | 4 (2–8) |
| ASPECT score, median (range) | 7 (0–10) |
| Time from symptoms-to-door, min (median ± IQR) | 61 ± 72 |
| Time from symptoms-to-CTA, min (median ± IQR) | 113 ± 66 |
| Parenchyma hematoma, n | 4 (7.8 %) |
| Gender, n | |
| Male | 25 (49 %) |
| Female | 26 (51 %) |
| Site of occlusion, n | |
| Internal carotid artery - neck | 5 (9.8 %) |
| Internal carotid artery - terminus | 11 (21.6 %) |
| Proximal MCA | 25 (49 %) |
| Middle cerebral artery bifurcation | 10 (19.6 %) |
| Comorbidities, n | |
| Carotid stenosis | 3 (5.9 %) |
| Thrombophilia | 1 (2 %) |
| Atrial fibrillation | 14 (27.5 %) |
| Heart disease | 16 (31.4 %) |
| Prior stroke/transient ischemic attack | 6 (11.8 %) |
| Dyslipidemia | 16 (31.4 %) |
| Diabetes mellitus | 13 (25.5 %) |
| Hypertension | 31 (60.8 %) |
| Aspirin pretreatment, n | 20 (39.2 %) |
| Statin pretreatment, n | 20 (39.2 %) |
| Admission glucose, mg/dL (mean ± SD) | 133 ± 47 |
| Admission hemoglobin mg/dL, (mean ± SD) | 12.8 ± 2 |
| Admission platelets 100 k, (mean ± SD) | 233 ± 79 |
Note: CTA indicated computerized tomographic angiography