Candidacy for endovascular therapy on the basis of clinical and imaging data combined, for patients with acute ischemic stroke presenting within 24 h of symptom onset*
| Candidacy for endovascular therapy | No. (%) of patients n = 71 |
|---|---|
| Clinical candidacy | 22 (31) |
| Imaging candidacy | 11 (15) |
| Combined clinical and imaging candidacy | 9 (13) |
| Site of occlusion (candidates only) | |
| Carotid T | 1 (11) |
| M1–MCA | 6 (67) |
| M1–MCA equivalent (≥ 2 M2–MCAs) | 1 (11) |
| Basilar artery (basilar tip) | 1 (11) |
| Modified Rankin scale score 90 d after stroke, mean ± SD† | 5.5 ± 1.2 |
Note: M1–MCA = M1 segment of middle cerebral artery, M2–MCA = M2 segment of middle cerebral artery, SD = standard deviation.
↵* All patients were seen by a stroke on-call physician upon presentation.
↵† Modified Rankin scale scores at 90 days after stroke were calculated for the 6 candidates deemed suitable by both clinical and imaging criteria for whom sufficient data were available to calculate the score.