Table 1 Patients’ characteristics
Characteristic | n = 51 |
|---|---|
Age (mean ± SD) | 65 ± 13 |
NIHSS on admission, median (range) | 17 (5–25) |
Collateral grading, median (range) | 4 (2–8) |
ASPECT score, median (range) | 7 (0–10) |
Time from symptoms-to-door, min (median ± IQR) | 61 ± 72 |
Time from symptoms-to-CTA, min (median ± IQR) | 113 ± 66 |
Parenchyma hematoma, n | 4 (7.8Â %) |
Gender, n | |
 Male | 25 (49 %) |
 Female | 26 (51 %) |
Site of occlusion, n | |
 Internal carotid artery - neck | 5 (9.8 %) |
 Internal carotid artery - terminus | 11 (21.6 %) |
 Proximal MCA | 25 (49 %) |
 Middle cerebral artery bifurcation | 10 (19.6 %) |
Comorbidities, n | |
 Carotid stenosis | 3 (5.9 %) |
 Thrombophilia | 1 (2 %) |
 Atrial fibrillation | 14 (27.5 %) |
 Heart disease | 16 (31.4 %) |
 Prior stroke/transient ischemic attack | 6 (11.8 %) |
 Dyslipidemia | 16 (31.4 %) |
 Diabetes mellitus | 13 (25.5 %) |
 Hypertension | 31 (60.8 %) |
Aspirin pretreatment, n | 20 (39.2Â %) |
Statin pretreatment, n | 20 (39.2Â %) |
Admission glucose, mg/dL (mean ± SD) | 133 ± 47 |
Admission hemoglobin mg/dL, (mean ± SD) | 12.8 ± 2 |
Admission platelets 100 k, (mean ± SD) | 233 ± 79 |