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Characteristic IV + Intervention (n = 33) IV Only (n = 30) Mean age (mean ± SD) 66.6 ± 12.0 66.4 ± 17.4 Women (%) 22 (66.7%) 21 (70.0) Mean admission NIHSS score 15.8 ± 3.5 16.0 ± 3.5 Median admission NIHSS score (median, 25%, 75%) 15 (13, 19) 16.5 (14, 18.75) Time to IV rtPA (mean ± SD) 118 ± 27.4 103.1 ± 37.1 Time to cath (mean ± SD) 239.9 ± 61.6 n/a Vascular risk factors Hypertension 25 (76%) 16 (53%) Atrial fibrillation 8 (24%) 6 (20%) Previous MI/CAD 9 (27%) 4 (23%) Congestive heart failure 5 (15%) 8 (27%) Previous stroke/TIA 6 (18%) 8 (27%) Diabetes mellitus 11 (33%) 6 (20%) Cigarette smoking history 8 (24%) 5 (17%) Race/ethnicity* White 7 (21%) 17 (57%) African American 20 (61%) 8 (27%) Hispanic 5 (15%) 4 (13%) Other/unknown 1 (3%) 1 (3%)
Note:—n/a indicates not applicable; MI, myocardial infarction; CAD, coronary artery disease; TIA, transient ischemic attack; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; IV rtPA, intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator.
* P = .0048.