Baseline characteristics and overview of angiographic and clinical outcome data
| Demographics | |
| Mean age, yr (range) | 91.9 (90–99) |
| Sex (F/M) | 19/10 |
| Medical history, No. of patients | |
| Hypertension | 25 |
| Atrial fibrillation | 20 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 7 |
| Coronary artery disease | 5 (n = 1 status after myocardial infarction) |
| Cardiac insufficiency | 8 |
| Peripheral artery disease | 3 (n = 2 with femoropopliteal bypass surgery) |
| Previous stroke | 8 (lacunar ischemia or partial MCA, PCA, or PICA infarction with good recovery; transient ischemic attack, n = 1) |
| Renal insufficiency | 9 |
| History of cancer | 3 (multiple myeloma, breast cancer, basalioma) |
| Coxarthrosis | 5 (state after hip fracture, n = 1) |
| Clinical presentation and outcome | |
| Prestroke mRS, median (IQR) | 2 (1–3) |
| Initial NIHSS, median (IQR) | 20 (16.5–22.5) |
| mRS of surviving patients at 90 days, median (IQR) | 4 (2.25–5) |
| Mortality, No. of patients (%) | 13 (44.8) |
| Occlusion site, No. of patients (%) | |
| ICA terminus | 4 (13.8) |
| ICA/MCA | 5 (17.2) |
| M1 segment | 12 (41.4) |
| M2 segment | 4 (13.8) |
| Vertebrobasilar | 4 (13.8) |
| Angiographic outcome, No. of patients (%) | |
| TICI 0 | 4 (13.8) |
| TICI 1 | 0 (0) |
| TICI 2a | 3 (10.3) |
| TICI 2b | 12 (41.4) |
| TICI 3 | 10 (34.5) |
Note:—IQR indicates interquartile range; PCA, posterior cerebral artery.