Abbreviation	Formal name
ASIST-Japan	Acute Stroke Imaging Standardization Group-Japan
ASPECTS	Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score
ATLANTIS	Alteplase Thrombolysis for Acute Noninterventional Therapy in Ischemic Stroke
DEFUSE	Diffusion and Perfusion Imaging Evaluation for Understanding Stroke Evolution
ECASS	European Cooperative Acute Stroke Study
ENCHANTED	Enhanced Control of Hypertension and Thrombolysis Stroke Study
EPITHET	Echoplanar Imaging Thrombolysis Evaluation Trial
ESCAPE	Endovascular Treatment for Small Core and Anterior Circulation Proximal Occlusion with Emphasis on Minimizing CT to Recanalization Times
EXTEND(-IA)	EXtending the time for Thrombolysis in Emergency NeurologicalDeficits(-Intra-Arterial)
HERMES	Highly Effective Reperfusion Evaluated in Multiple Endovascular Stroke Trials
IST-3	Third International Stroke Trial
J-ACT	Japan Alteplase Clinical Trial
J-MARS	Japan Post-Marketing Alteplase Registration Study
MELT-Japan	Middle Cerebral Artery Embolism Local Fibrinolytic Intervention Trial-Japan
MR CLEAN	Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial of Endovascular Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke in The Netherlands
mRS	modified Rankin Scale
NIHSS	National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale
NINDS	National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
OHS	Oxford Handicap Score
PROACT II	Prolyse in Acute Cerebral Thromboembolism II
REVASCAT	Randomized Trial of Revascularization with Solitaire FR Device versus Best Medical Therapy in the Treatment of Acute Stroke Due to Anterior Circulation Large Vessel Occlusion Presenting within Eight Hours of Symptom Onset
SAMURAI	Stroke Acute Management with Urgent Risk-factor Assessment and Improvement
SITS-MOST	Safe Implementation of Thrombolysis in Stroke-Monitoring Study
SWIFT PRIME	Solitaire FR With the Intention For Thrombectomy as PRIMary Endovascular Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke
THAWS	THrombolysis for Acute Wake-up and Unclear-onset Strokes with Alteplase at0.6 mg/kg Trial
WAKE-UP	Efficacy and Safety of MRI-based Thrombolysis in Wake-up Stroke