Table 1.

Baseline characteristics and results (N = 52)

Mean age, years	69
Sex
Male	24/52 (46%)
Female	28/52 (54%)
Intravenous tissue plasminogen activator	48/52 (92%)
Average time from groin puncture to TICI 2b/3, min	38.7 (30.1 for first pass)
Average time from first angiography to TICI 2b/3, min	29 (19.4 for first pass)
Site of occlusion
Internal carotid artery	6/52 (12%), first pass (2/6) 33%
M1	38/52 (73%), first pass (25/38) 66%
M2	8/52 (15%), first pass (6/8) 75%

TICI, Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction.