Table 1:

Baseline characteristics

Parameter (n = 25)
Age (mean) (yr)	77.3 ± 10.3
Sex (male) (%)	10 (40)
Occluded vessel
Proximal ICA (No.) (%)	1 (4)
Carotid terminus (No.) (%)	11 (44)
M1 (No.) (%)	11 (44)
M2 (No.) (%)	2 (8)
IV thrombolysis (No.) (%)	15 (60)
Transfer patients^{^a}
Drip and ship (No.) (%)	14 (56)
Ship and drip (No.) (%)	1 (4)
Just ship (No.) (%)	10 (40)
General anesthesia at the time of FDCT (No.) (%)	3 (12)
Arterial hypertension (No.) (%)	19 (76)
Hyperlipoproteinemia (No.) (%)	11 (44)
Diabetes mellitus (No.) (%)	9 (36)
Atrial fibrillation (No.) (%)	8 (32)
Coronary artery disease (No.) (%)	9 (36)
Chronic kidney failure (No.) (%)	7 (28)
NIHSS score on admission (median) (IQR)	17 (14–19)
mRS score on admission (median) (IQR)	5 (4–5)
Successful reperfusion (No.) (%)	22 (88)
Symptom-to-groin time (mean) (min)	249.3 ± 57.1
Symptom-to-reperfusion time (n = 22) (mean) (min)	294.6 ± 66.3
Door-to-groin time (mean) (min)	25.2 ± 8.9
Door-to-reperfusion time (n = 22) (mean) (min)	77.3 ± 30
Symptom-to-MDCT time (mean) (min)	99.4 ± 52.6
Symptom-to-FDCT time (mean) (min)	234.9 ± 55.2
MDCT-to-FDCT time (mean) (min)	143.6 ± 49.5
MDCT ASPECTS (median) (IQR)	7 (5.5–9)
FDCT ASPECTS (median) (IQR)	7 (4.25–8)

↵a Drip and ship: transfer patients with IV thrombolysis started in a peripheral stroke center; ship and drip: transfer patients with IV thrombolysis started in our tertiary stroke center; just ship: transfer patients without IV thrombolysis.