Table 1:

Baseline patient characteristics

Patient	Age	Sex	NIHSS Pretreatment	Target Vessel	Reason for Exclusion from MERCI
1	32	M	17	Basilar artery	Treatment >8 hours
2	53	M	26	Left carotid T	Study unavailable
3	58	M	11	Right carotid L	Treatment >8 hours
4	58	F	21	Left middle cerebral artery	Study unavailable
5	48	M	21	Left carotid L	Study unavailable
6	73	M	19	Left carotid L	Treatment >8 hours
7	72	F	13	Right middle cerebral artery	Study unavailable
8	73	F	18	Left carotid L	Study unavailable
9	53	F	22	Left middle cerebral artery	Study unavailable
10	23	M	22	Left middle cerebral artery	Study unavailable
11	86	F	12	Right middle cerebral artery	IV tPA
12	89	F	27	Left middle cerebral artery	Treatment >8 hours
13	68	M	13	Right middle cerebral artery	Study unavailable
14	39	M	15	Left middle cerebral artery	IV tPA
15	72	M	22	Left middle cerebral artery	Study unavailable
16	83	M	30	Left carotid L	IV tPA
17	32	F	17	Right middle cerebral artery	IV tPA
18	73	F	17	Right middle cerebral artery	Study unavailable
19	69	M	25	Right carotid T	Study unavailable
20	77	M	25	Left middle cerebral artery	Study unavailable
21	71	M	25	Left carotid L	Study unavailable
22	14	M	11	Right middle cerebral artery	IV tPA and <18 years
23	87	F	28	Left carotid T	Study unavailable
24	87	F	27	Left middle cerebral artery	Study unavailable

Note:—Carotid T indicates distal carotid artery, ipsilateral anterior cerebral artery, and ipsilateral middle cerebral artery; carotid L, distal carotid artery and ipsilateral middle cerebral artery; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; M, male; F, female; tPA, tissue plasminogen activator.