Table 1.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Inclusion criteria
• Age above 18 years old • Suspected clinical stroke within 8 h of onset of neurological symptoms • Stroke code (SC) activation • Independent in daily living before the acute onset of symptoms (mRs ≤ 2) • RACE score>0 and RACE motor score>0 • Written informed consent (patient or legal representative)
Exclusion criteria
• Unknown onset of symptoms • Coma (GCS <8) • Malignancy or significant comorbidity thought to limit life expectancy to <6 months • Pregnancy • Participation in other clinical trial related with a research medical product/device

RACE, The rapid arterial occlusion evaluation scale; mRs, Modified Rankin scale; GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale.