Baseline characteristics
| Variable | |
|---|---|
| Mean age (years) | 66.3 |
| Gender | |
| Men (n (%)) | 46 (47) |
| Women (n (%)) | 52 (53) |
| NIHSS | |
| Pretreatment | 17.2/17.0* |
| Post-treatment | 7.3/4.0* |
| IV tPA | |
| Yes (n (%)) | 27 (28) |
| No (n (%)) | 70 (72) |
| Average time to groin puncture (h) | 8.5 |
| Average time to TICI 2b/3 recanalization (min) | 37 |
| Site of occlusion (n (%)) | |
| Right M1 | 20 (20) |
| Right M2 | 11 (11) |
| Right ICA | 3 (3) |
| Right ICA terminus | 3 (3) |
| Left M1 | 23 (23) |
| Left M2 | 7 (7) |
| Left ICA | 6 (6) |
| Left ICA terminus | 11 (11) |
| Basilar | 5 (5) |
| Right cervical ICA–MCA | 8 (8) |
| Left cervical ICA–MCA | 3 (3) |
*Mean/median values.
ICA, internal carotid artery; IV tPA, intravenous tissue plasminogen activator; MCA, middle cerebral artery; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; TICI, Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction.