Table 1 Baseline characteristics (n = 264)
Age (years) - median (IQR) | 75 (64–81) |
Male – n (%) | 133 (50.4) |
Risk factors - n (%) | |
Arterial hypertension | 181 (68.6) |
Hyperlipidemia | 40 (15.2) |
Diabetes mellitus | 47 (17.8) |
Atrial fibrillation | 100 (37.9) |
Stroke etiology – n (%) | |
Atherosclerosis | 109 (41.3) |
ICA stenosis (> 70%) | 40 (15.2) |
Atrial fibrillation | 119 (45.1) |
Dissection | 3 (1.1) |
Other (e.g. endocarditis) | 17 (6.4) |
Undetermined | 16 (6.1) |
mRS before admission (n = 263) – median (IQR) | 0 (0–1) |
Baseline NIHSS – median (IQR) | 16 (12–20) |
Anticoagulation before admission – n (%) | 54 (20.5) |
Time of symptom onset unknown – n (%) | 98 (37.1) |
Wake up stroke | 22 (8.3) |
Unwitnessed stroke | 63 (23.8) |
Any time points not documented | 13 (4.9) |
Intravenous thrombolysis – n (%) | 153 (58) |
Ship – n (%) | 164 (62.1) |
Mothership – n (%) | 100 (37.9) |
Imaging characteristics | |
ASPECT Score (n = 218) - median (IQR) | 7 (6–9) |
Site of vessel occlusion | |
Anterior circulation – n (%) | |
ICA-intracranial Carotid T | 53 (20.1) |
ICA- intracranial no Carotid T | 10 (3.8) |
ICA-extracranial | 1 (0.4) |
M1 proximal | 79 (29.9) |
M1 distal | 43 (16.3) |
M2 | 22 (8.3) |
Tandem occlusion (ICA, MCA) | 13 (4.9) |
Posterior circulation – n (%) | |
Basilar artery | 39 (14.8) |
Vertebral artery | 3 (1.1) |
PCA | 1 (0.4) |