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. 2017 Jul 10;12(7):e0180477. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180477

Table 2. Stroke characteristics.

Characteristic Values
Time to treatment (min) with rt-PA, median (IQR) 159.0 (125.0–180.0)
Duration of thrombolysis treatment (min), median (IQR) 60.0 (60.0–64.0)
Dose of rt-PA, (mg±SD)
 Intravenous rt-PA 67.6±15.5
 Bridging (combined intravenous and intraarterial) 68.0±12.5
Stroke etiology (TOAST), n (%)
 Large-artery atherosclerosis 46 (38.3)
 Small-vessel occlusion 14 (11.7)
 Cardioembolic 23 (19.2)
 Other/undetermined 37 (30.8)
Stroke severity on admission, n (%)
 NIHSS 0–5 35 (29.2)
 NIHSS 6–10 44 (36.7)
 NIHSS 11–15 18 (15.0)
 NIHSS >15 21 (17.5)
 Undetermined 2 (1.6)
Short-term functional outcome, n (%)
 Favourable 48 (40.0)
 No change 43 (35.8)
 Unfavourable 17 (14.2)
 Death 5 (4.2)
 Undetermined 7 (5.8)
Haemorrhagic transformation (ECASS II), n (%) 13 (10.8)
 aSICH 7 (5.8)
 SICH 6 (5.0)
Mortality by day 7, n (%)
 Survival 115 (95.8)
 Death 5 (4.2)
Mortality by day 14, n (%)
 Survival 105 (87.5)
 Death 15 (12.5)
Long-term functional outcome at 3months, n (%)
 mRS 0–1 41 (34.2)
 mRS 2–5 30 (25.0)
 mRS 6 (death) 26 (21.7)
 Undetermined 23 (19.1)
Imaging data (median, total range)
 ASPECTS on admission 10.0 (7.0–10.0)
 ASPECTS at 24 h 9.0 (0.0–10.0)

rt-PA: recombinant tissue type plasminogen activator, TOAST: Trial of Org 10172 in

Acute Stroke Treatment, NIHSS: National Institute of Health Stroke Scale, ECASS II: European Cooperative Acute Stroke Study II, aSICH: asymptomatic intracranial hemorrhage, SICH: symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage, mRS: modified Rankin Scale, ASPECTS: Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score.