Table 1.
Patient demographics and clinical features
| Age, years | 71±17 |
| Sex, male | 70 (57) |
| Confirmed ischemic stroke | 84 (69) |
| Stroke mimics | |
| TIA | 12 (10) |
| Epilepsy | 9 (7) |
| Psychogenic | 8 (6) |
| Other etiologies | 9 (7) |
| Ischemic stroke with proximal occlusion | 34 (28) |
| IC+M1 | 12 |
| Proximal Ml | 14 |
| Distal Ml or M2 | 8 |
| NIHSS | |
| In patients with confirmed stroke | 10±7 |
| In patients with LVO | 15±6 |
The total number of patients is 122. Data are presented as means ± SD or numbers (%). TIA, transient ischemic attack; IC, internal carotid artery; Ml, first segment of the MCA; M2, second segment of the MCA (other etiologies included: multiple sclerosis, n = 1; intoxication, n = 1; brain tumor, n = 1; neurologic degradation due to metabolic/infectious causes in patients with preexisting deficits, n = 3; vestibular neuritis, n = 1; radial nerve palsy, n = 1; and migraines, n = 1).