Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients included in the validation analysis.

From: First approach to distinguish between cardiac and arteriosclerotic emboli of individual stroke patients applying the histological THROMBEX-classification rule

Baseline characteristics

Cardioembolic (E1) N = 55

Arterioembolic (E2) N = 27

Years of age [median (min; max)]

72 (44; 88)

67,5 (45; 81)

Female sex [%]

50,9

48,1

Vascular risk factors

Arterial hypertension [%]

76,4

81,5

Diabetes mellitus [%]

25,5

29,6

Coronary artery disease [%]

25,5

22,2

Atrial fibrillation [%]

87,3

3,7

Hyperlipoproteinemia [%]

20,0

22,2

History of smoking [%]

16,4

51,9

Physical state on admission [median (min; max)]

Body mass index [kg/m2]

25,7 (19,1; 53,6)

n = 52

27,7 (20,5; 36,1)

n = 26

Systolic blood pressure [mmHg]

144 (97; 240)

165 (119; 190)

Blood glucose [mg/dl]

114 (68; 180)

113,5 (97; 196)

NIHSS

14 (4; 37)

n = 53

14,5 (4; 37)

Laboratory data on admission [median (min; max)]

Platelet count [/nl]

218 (98; 373)

245 (142; 430)

Hematocrit [%]

39 (21; 46)

42 (33; 49)

Premedication

Antiplatelet therapy [%]

49,1

29,6

Anticoagulation [%]

20,0

3,7

Occlusion site

On the right: ICA, MCA, carotid T occlusion [%]

47,3

48,1

On the left: ICA, MCA, carotid T occlusion [%]

38,2

44,4

Basilar artery [%]

14,5

7,4

Thrombolytic therapy

None [%]

21,8

22,2

Bridging with Abciximab [%]

29,1

25,9

Systemic application of rt-PA [%]

49,1

51,9

Local application of rt-PA [%]

10,9

7,4

Course of thrombectomy [median (min; max)]

Duration: Symptom onset–recanalization [min]

204 (87; 625)

n = 47

229,5 (135; 575)

n = 16

Recanalization time [min]

52 (9; 169)

n = 53

48,5 (17; 153)

  1. For continuous variables, the median and the minimum and maximum values are indicated. Nominal variables are presented as percentage. In cases of missing data, the number of available data is specified. NIHSS: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale. ICA: internal carotid artery; MCA: middle cerebral artery.