Table 1.
Clinical characteristics of the patients
| Age/ sex | Occluded vessel | Pretreatment DWI lesion volume, ml | Pretreatment TTP lesion volume, ml | NIHSS score on admission | NIHSS score before Heads Up test | NIHSS score after Heads Up test | Recanalization intervention | TICI | NIHSS score out- come at discharge | LKWT to Heads Up test, min | Ischemic stroke subtype(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93/F | L MCA Ml | 0.5 | 133.5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | Endovascular thrombectomy | 3 | 0 | 145 | Cardioembolic |
| 65/M | R MCA Ml | 2.7 | 159.4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | None | N/A | 0 | 115 | Cardioembolic |
| 85/M | L MCA M1 | 0.8 | 69.2 | 22 | 2 | 4 | IV tPA and endovascular thrombectomy | 2a | 1 | 165 | Large artery atherosclerosis |
| 76/M | R MCA M1 | 4.7 | 222.4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | None | N/A | 0 | 345 | Cardioembolic |
| 73/F | R cervical ICA | 0.0 | 192.2 | 9 | 0 | 6 | Angioplasty and stent | 3 | 0 | 303 | Large artery atherosclerosis and cardioembolic |
L = Left; R = right= N/A = not applicable; LKWT = last known well time; IV tPA = intravenous tissue plasminogen activator.