Table 1

Patient characteristics

Total No of patients91
Age (years) (median (IQR))66 (56 to 77)
Women (n (%))42 (46.1)
NIHSS (median (IQR))17 (13 to 21)
ASPECTS (median (IQR))8 (7 to 9)
Stroke onset time to catheter angiography (hours) (median (IQR))5.8 (3.8 to 10)
Intracranial ICA occlusion location (n (%))*
 ICA petrous or cavernous segments4 (4.4)
  ICA terminus alone (ICA I)8 (8.8)
  ICA terminus with proximal MCA or ACA occlusion (ICA L)55 (60.4)
  ICA terminus with proximal MCA and ACA occlusion (ICA T)24 (26.4)
  Ipsilateral extracranial ICA occlusion (n (%))*22 (24.2)
  • *Catheter angiography findings.

  • ACA, anterior cerebral artery; ASPECTS, Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score; ICA, internal carotid artery; MCA, middle cerebral artery; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale.