Table 1.
Patient demographic and clinical characteristics
| Demographics and medical history | |
| Age, years | 65.1 (12.3) |
| Gender, female | 40% |
| Race, Caucasian | 70% |
| HTN | 75% |
| DM | 35% |
| HLD | 75% |
| CAD | 15% |
| Asthma | 15% |
| Active smoking | 5% |
| Stroke and clinical characteristics | |
| Admission NIHSS | 5.9 (5.7) |
| Stroke lateralization, % left | 45% |
| Infarct volume, cc | 8.0 (11.9) |
| Vascular distribution of infarct | |
| MCA | 90% |
| ACA | 10% |
| Distance from DCS probe to stroke, cm | 6.3 (2.5) |
| Stroke mechanism | |
| Large vessel | 25% |
| Small vessel | 5% |
| Cardioembolism | 30% |
| Cryptogenic | 25% |
| Other | 15% |
| Ejection fraction | 59.7 (10.8) |
| Hgb (g/dL) | 12.1 (2.2) |
Continuous variables are reported as mean (SD)
Categorical variables are reported as percentage
HTN = hypertension; DM = diabetes mellitus; HLD = hyperlipidemia; CAD = coronary artery disease; NIHSS = National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; MCA = middle cerebral artery; ACA = anterior cerebral artery; DCS = diffuse correlation spectroscopy; Hgb = hemoglobin