Overall baseline characteristics and outcome measures of the study population
| Characteristic | N (%) or median (IQR) |
| Age (years) | 67 (55–76) |
| Gender, male | 145 (46.8) |
| Hypertension | 246 (79.4) |
| Dyslipidaemia | 116 (37.4) |
| Atrial fibrillation | 94 (30.3) |
| Diabetes | 82 (26.5) |
| Smoking | 63 (20.3) |
| Glucose | 122 (103–151) |
| Baseline SBP | 150 (130–175) |
| Baseline NIHSS | 17 (14–21) |
| e-ASPECTS | 8 (7-9) |
| CTP core (CBF <30%) | 6.6 (0–23.75) |
| IV t-PA | 47 (15.2) |
| Occlusion site | |
| ACA | 2 (0.6%) |
| Extracranial ICA | 12 (3.9%) |
| Intracranial ICA | 51 (16.5%) |
| MCA-M1 | 154 (49.7%) |
| MCA-M2 | 45 (14.5%) |
| MCA-M3 | 7 (2.3%) |
| Tandem occlusion* | 39 (12.6%) |
| Time from LWN to arterial puncture (min) | 645(478–900) |
| mTICI (2b-3) | 300 (96.8) |
| Any PH | 31 (10) |
| 90-day mRS 0–2† | 102 (40.2) |
| 90-day mortality† | 63 (24.8) |
*Intracranial occlusion site: ICA-T: 15/39 (38.5%), MCA-M1: 19/39 (48.7%) and MCA-M2: 5/39 (12.8%).
†n=254.
ACA, anterior cerebral artery; ASPECTS, Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score; CBF, cerebral blood flow; CTP, CT perfusion; ICA, internal carotid artery; LKN, Last Known Normal; NIHSS, baseline National Institute of Health Stroke Scale; PH, parenchymal haematoma; SBP, systolic blood pressure.