Clinical and imaging characteristics of the patient population
| Age (years) | 67.56±14.78 |
| Male gender | 87 (48.9%) |
| Stroke laterality | |
| Right | 93 (52.2%) |
| Left | 85 (47.8%) |
| Baseline NIHSS | 18 (12–22) |
| Lesion volume (mL) | 21.87±16.89 |
| Manual ASPECTS | 9 (8–10) |
| Right-sided stroke | 8 (7–10) |
| Left-sided stroke | 9 (8–10) |
| e-ASPECTS | 8.5 (7–10) |
| Right-sided stroke | 8 (7–9) |
| Left-sided stroke | 9 (7–10) |
| Prevalence of ischemia on manual ASPECTS | |
| M1 | 9 (5.1%) |
| M2 | 29 (16.3%) |
| M3 | 5 (2.8%) |
| M4 | 12 (6.7%) |
| M5 | 17 (9.6%) |
| M6 | 4 (2.2%) |
| Lentiform | 75 (42.1%) |
| Insula | 95 (53.4%) |
| Caudate | 24 (13.5%) |
| Internal capsule | 15 (8.4%) |
| Any deep region (lentiform, insula, caudate, and/or internal capsule) | 121 (68.0%) |
| Any superficial region (M1–M6) | 48 (27.0% |
| Prevalence of ischemia on e-ASPECTS | |
| M1 | 17 (9.6%) |
| M2 | 36 (20.2%) |
| M3 | 13 (7.3%) |
| M4 | 3 (1.7%) |
| M5 | 20 (11.2%) |
| M6 | 14 (7.9%) |
| Lentiform | 80 (45.0%) |
| Insula | 95 (53.4%) |
| Caudate | 41 (23.0%) |
| Internal capsule | 0 |
| Any deep region (lentiform, insula, caudate, and/or internal capsule) | 124 (69.7%) |
| Any superficial region (M1–M6) | 51 (28.7% |
| Recanalization (TICI) | |
| 0/1/2A | 28 (15.7%) |
| 2B/3 | 150 (84.3%) |
| 3 | 69 (38.8%) |
NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; TICI, Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction.