AIS	Acute Ischaemic Stroke
IVT	Intravenous Thrombolysis
EVT	Endovascular Thrombectomy
RBC	Red Blood Cell
LAA	Large Artery Atherosclerosis
HMCAS	Hyperdense Middle Cerebral Artery Sign
PRISMA	Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
TICI	Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction
WBC	White Blood Cell
SMD	Standard Mean Difference
TOAST	Trial of Org 10,172 in Acute Stroke Treatment
SVS	Susceptibility Vessel Sign
r-tPA	Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator
H&E	Haematoxylin and Eosin
MSB	Martius Scarlet Blue
EVG	Elastica van Gieson