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Table 1 Summary of results from the ten included patients

From: Are the current MRI criteria using the DWI-FLAIR mismatch concept for selection of patients with wake-up stroke to thrombolysis excluding too many patients?

Patient

Age

NIHSS on admission

Size of largest DWI lesion

DWI-FLAIR

Therapy

NIHSS at discharge

mRS before stroke and at 3 months

MRA/CTA

1

86

5

16 mm

Match

IVT

5

3 - 4

M1 stenosis

2

68

8

10 mm

Match

IVT

2

0 - 1

M1 branch occlusion Improved FU

3

53

5

12 mm

Match

IVT

0

0 - 0

Normal

4

33

9

58 mm

Match

IVT and EVT

0

0 - 1

M1 occlusion Normal FU

5

64

8

22 mm

Match

IVT

1

0 - 0

CTA normal

6

51

19

26 mm

Mismatch

IVT and EVT

11

0 - 2

ICA MCA occlusion Normal FU

7

79

3

13 mm

Mismatch

IVT

1

2 - 2

Normal

8

90

3

7 mm

Match

IVT

1

3 - 3

P1 occlusion no FU

9

70

3

8 mm

Mismatch

IVT

0

0 - 2

Normal

10

65

4

16 mm

Mismatch

IVT

1

4 - 4

Stenosis M1, no FU

  1. NIHSS: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale. DWI: Diffusion Weighted Imaging. FLAIR: Fluid Attenuated Inversion Recovery. IVT: Intravenous thrombolysis. EVT: Endovascular thrombectomy. mRS: Modified Rank scale. MRA: MR angiography of the intracranial arteries in time of flight (TOF) technique. CTA: Computed tomography angiography of the precerebral and intracranial arteries. M1: M1 segment of the middle cerebral artery. P1: P1 segment of the posterior cerebral artery. ICA: Internal carotid artery. FU: Follow up CT or MR examination.