Table A.5.

Baseline characteristics (median with interquartile range, unless otherwise indicated). NIHSS: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; DWI: diffusion-weighted imaging; ICA: internal carotid artery.

Clinical variables
Women, n (percentage)	45 (41.3)
Age	70 (57–79)
NIHSS score	15 (10–19)
Time from symptoms onset to MRI	105 (78–154)
Intravenous tPA, n (percentage)	59 (54.1)
Site of occlusion, n (percentage):
intracranial ICA + M1	27 (24.8)
M1	54 (49.5)
intracranial ICA + M2	23 (21.1)
M2	5 (4.6)
cervical ICA, n (percentage)	19 (17.4)
DWI lesion size, mL	24.9 (7.4–50.9)