Table 1.
Population characteristics
| Enrolled patients | N = 144 |
|---|---|
| Males | 71 (49.3%) |
| Age (y) | 74.6 ± 11.8 |
| Cardiovascular risk factors | |
| Hypertension | 112 (77.7%) |
| Diabetes | 37 (25.7%) |
| Hypercholesterolemia | 114 (79.2%) |
| Smoking | 38 (26.4%) |
| Atrial fibrillation | 58 (40.3%) |
| Coronaropathy | 36 (25%) |
| Active cancer | 16 (11.1%) |
| Stroke aetiology (TOAST) | |
| Large artery atherosclerosis | 22 (15.3%) |
| Cardiac embolism | 65 (45.1%) |
| Small vessel disease | 0 (0%) |
| Cervical artery dissection | 3 (2%) |
| Patent foramen ovale | 0 (0%) |
| Other determined aetiologies | 10 (6.9%) |
| More than one possible aetiology | 10 (6.9%) |
| Unknown aetiology despite complete evaluation | 22 (15.3%) |
| Unknown aetiology with incomplete evaluation | 6 (4.2%) |
| NIHSS at admission | 12.4 ± 7.2 |
| Treatment | |
| IVT | 74 (51.4%) |
| EVT | 115 (79.9%) |
| Conservative | 15 (10.4%) |
| Outcome | |
| NIHSS at 7 days | 9.7 ± 13.3 |
| mRS at 7 days | 3.1 ± 1.6 |
| mRS 3 months | 3.2 ± 2.0 |
| sICHECASS | 5 (3.5%) |