Table 1:

Characteristics of patients undergoing local intra-arterial thrombolysis

Age, mean (SD), yr	65 (13)
Men, %	80.8
Cardioembolic stroke, %	92.3
Atrial fibrillation, %	76.9
Occlusion of M1 segment, %	42.3
History of risk factors, %
Hypertension	57.7
Diabetes mellitus	19.2
Hypercholesterolemia	19.2
Smoking	46.2
Alcohol	42.3
Time to admission, mean (SD), hr	0.96 (0.87)
Time to starting LIT, mean (SD), hr	3.78 (1.17)
Early CT sign, %	46.2
Previous anticoagulant therapy, %	26.9
Previous antiplatelet therapy, %	15.4
Symptomatic hemorrhage, %	0
Baseline NIHSS score, median (range)	18 (6–23)
NIHSS score after LIT, median (range)
Immediately	15 (3–22)
24 hr later	12 (2–22)
1 month later	6 (0–16)
BI score at discharge, median (range)	95 (0–100)
mRS score at discharge, median (range)	2 (0–5)
Deaths, %	0
Hospital stay, mean (SD), days	50 (23)

Note.—LIT indicates local intra-arterial thrombolysis; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; BI, Barthel index; mRS, modified Rankin scale.