Table 2: Clinical data of 41 patients with tandem lesions of the anterior circulation.

Clinical data

 

N

41 (100%)

Female, n (%)

12 (29%)

Age, mean (Min-Max)

65.5  ± 10.2 (41-86)

Site of intracranial vessel occlusion, n (%)

    Left hemisphere

    Carotid T

    M1

    M2

 

24 (59%)

11 (27%)

25 (61%)

5 (12%)

Lesion of the ipsilateral extracranial ICA, n (%)

    Complete occlusion

    High-grade stenosis

 

18 (43%)

23 (57%)

Medical Hx, n (%)

    Previous Stroke

    Hypertension

    Coronary Heart Disease

    Atrial fibrillation

    Diabetes

 

4 (10%)

23 (56%)

7 (17%)

5 (12%)

5 (12%)

Symptom onset

    Median time (min., Min-Max)

    Unknown

 

110 ± 84.5 (20-340)

16 (39%)

IV Lysis, n (%)

14 (34%)

NIHSS on admission, mean (Min/Max)

12.7 ± 5.5 (3-25)

ASPECT score, mean (Min/Max)

8.7 ± 1.3 (6-10)

Collateral status (according to Tan)

    1

    2

    3

 

17 (41%)

16 (29%)

8 (30%)