Author, year | Study design | Country | Catchment area | Catchment population | Population based | Definition of LVO | Diagnostic modality |
Mokin et al, 201812 | Single center, retrospective | USA | Not defined | N/R | No | ICA, M1, M2/3, BA, VA, PCA, A1/A2 | CTA/MRA |
Rai et al, 201821 | Population based | USA | Northern West Virginia, adjacent counties in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Ohio | 210 000 | Yes | M1, M2, ICA, BA | CTA |
McMeekin et al, 201711 | Analysis of UK prospective stroke registries | UK | UK | 55 000 000 | Yes | N/R | CTA |
Dozois A et al, 20176 | Cross sectional study EMS in Mecklenburg | USA | Mecklenburg County (North Carolina) | 1 034 070 | Yes | ICA, M1,M2, BA, P1 | CTA/MRA |
Demeestere et al, 20175 | Single center, retrospective | Australia | Not defined | 80 000 | No | ICA,M1, M2, A1, VA, BA, P1 | CTA |
Beumer et al, 20164 | Retrospective, single center | The Netherlands | Large urban population | N/R | No | ICA,M1, M2, A1, VA, BA, P1 | CTA |
Vanacker et al, 201616 | Multicenter, retrospective | Switzerland | Not defined | N/R | No | ICA, M1, M2, BA, P1, VA | CTA |
Lima et al, 201617 | Multicenter, prospective | USA | Not defined | N/R | No | ICA, M1, M2, BA | CTA |
Turc et al, 201615 | Single center, retrospective | France | Not defined | N/R | No | ICA, M1, M2, BA | CTA |
Chia et al, 201620 | Population based | Australia | Western suburbs of Adelaide | 148 027 | Yes | M1, M2, ICA, VA, BA | CTA |
Hansen et al, 20157 | Analysis of prospective stroke registry | Denmark | Capital region of Denmark | N/R | No | ICA,M1,M2, VA, BA, PCA | CTA |
Gonzalez et al, 201319 | Multicenter, prospective | USA | Not defined | N/R | No | ICA, M1, M2 | CTA |
Heldner et al, 20138 | Analysis of stroke registry | Switzerland | Not defined | 1 500 000 | Yes | ICA, M1, M2, BA, P1 | CTA/MRA |
Mattioni et al, 201310 | Prospective, stroke unit based | The Netherlands | Not defined | N/R | No | M1, M2, ICA | CTA |
Henninger et al, 20129 | Retrospective, single center | USA | Not defined | N/R | No | M1, M2, ICA | CTA |
Olvarria et al, 201013 | Retrospective, single center | Chile | Not defined | N/R | No | ICA, M1, M2, BA | CTA/MRA |
Smith et al, 200918 | Prospective multicenter hospital based study | USA | Not defined | N/R | No | M1, M2, A1, A2, ICA BA, P1, P2 | CTA |
Torres et al, 200818 | Prospective, stroke unit based | USA | Not defined | N/R | No | ICA, M1, M2, BA, P1 | CTA/MRA |
A1, first segment of ACA; A2, second segment of ACA; ACA, anterior cerebral artery; AIS, acute ischemic stroke; BA, basilar artery; CTA, CT angiography; EMS, emergency medical services; ICA, internal carotid artery; LVO, large vessel occlusion; M1, first segment of MCA; M2, segment 2 of MCA; MCA, middle cerebral artery; MRA, MR angiography; N/R, not reported; P1,first segment of posterior cerebral artery; P2, second segment of posterior cerebral artery ; PCA, posterior cerebral artery; VA, vertebral artery.