Table 1. Baseline characteristics.

Parameter (n = 24)
Age (mean ± SD)	76.7 ± 7.3
Sex (male, %)	10 (41.7)
NIHSS at baseline (median, IQR)	17 (13–19)
ASPECTS at baseline (median, IQR)	8 (7–9)
Occluded vessel
Carotid terminus (n, %)	5 (20.8)
MCA (M1) (n, %)	18 (75)
MCA (M2) (n, %)	1 (4.2)
Successful reperfusion (n, %)	22 (91.7)
Time metrics
Symptom to FDCT (mean min ± SD)	145 ± 70
Symptom to reperfusion time (n = 22, mean ± SD)	195 ± 66
Door to groin (mean min ± SD)	26 ± 7
Groin to reperfusion (n = 22, mean ± SD)	37 ± 20
FDCT to first DSA (min ± SD)	23 ± 8
Ship
Mothership (n, %)	12 (50)
Drip and ship (n, %)	7 (29.2)
Ship and drip (n, %)	1 (4.2)
Just ship (n, %)	4 (16.7)
Wake up stroke (n, %)	4 (16.7)
IVT (n, %)	16 (66.7)
Any anesthesia (n, %)	14 (58.3)
General anesthesia at the time of FDCT (n, %)	2 (8.3)
Clinical characteristics
Arterial Hypertension (n, %)	18 (75)
Hyperlipoproteinaemia (n, %)	10 (43.5)
Diabetes mellitus (n, %)	8 (33.3)
Atrial fibrillation (n, %)	15 (65.2)
Coronary artery disease (n, %)	8 (33.3)
Chronic kidney failure (n, %)	6 (25)

IQR: interquartile range; SD: Standard deviation; MCA M1/M2: Medial cerebral artery in its M1 or M2 segment; IVT: intravenous thrombolysis; FDCT: flat-detector computed tomography; DSA: Digital subtraction angiography; NIHSS: National Institute of Health Stroke Scale; mRS: modified Rankin Scale; ASPECTS: Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Scale