Table 1.

Demographic and baseline characteristics in 32 patients.

Characteristics	Tirofiban (n = 18)	Aspirin (n = 14)	p-value
Age in years, median (IQR)	66 (61–71)	68 (61–75)	0.73
No. male (%)	13 (72)	10 (71)	0.96
NIHSS score on admission, median (IQR)	14 (9–19)	18 (8–20)	0.62
Location of stroke in left hemisphere, n (%)	11 (61)	6 (43)	0.31
Tandem occlusion, n (%)	17 (94)	12 (86)	0.4
Hypertension, n (%)	8 (44)	9 (64)	0.27
Diabetes mellitus, n (%)	2 (11)	2 (14)	0.79
Atrial fibrillation, n (%)	1 (6)	2 (14)	0.4
Dyslipidemia, n (%)	12 (67)	9 (64)	0.89
Active smoking, n (%)	10 (55)	6 (46)	0.61

IQR = interquartile range; NIHSS score = National Institute of Health stroke scale score.