Table 1.

Baseline characteristics for patients with an A-shaped SVS compared to those with an S-shaped SVS (S-SVS).

	All	S-SVS	A-SVS	p-value
Number of patients	62/62 (100%)	27/62 (44%)	35/62 (56%)
Age, years (median, IQR)	70 (57–77)	72 (63–79)	67 (55–76)	0.960
Female (%)	33 (53%)	14 (52%)	19 (54%)	1.000
Medical history
Hypertension (%)	44 (71%)	18 (67%)	26 (74%)	0.51
Diabetes (%)	16 (26%)	8 (30%)	8 (23%)	0.41
Hyperlipidemia	30 (48%)	11 (41%)	19 (54%)	0.33
Atrial fibrillation (%)	31 (50%)	15 (56%)	16 (46%)	0.34
Coronary artery disease (%)	13 (21%)	6 (22%)	7 (20%)	0.49
Prior stroke (%)	8 (13%)	3 (11%)	5 (14%)	0.71
Platelets	195 (163–228)	207 (171–240)	179 (161–212)	0.15
Smoking				0.16
Never (%)	35 (57%)	17 (63%)	18 (51%)
Prior (%)	19 (31%)	9 (33%)	10 (29%)
Current (%)	8 (13%)	1 (4%)	7 (20%)
Stroke details
Baseline NIHSS (median, IQR)	16 (12–21)	14 (10–20)	17 (13–22)	0.12
Drugs and medications
Antiplatelet or anticoagulant	28 (45%)	15 (56%)	13 (36%)	0.15
Intravenous tPA (%)	40 (65%)	18 (67%)	22 (63%)	0.48