Appendix 1 Authors

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Appendix 1 Authors

Name Location Contribution

Raul G. Nogueira, MDa Neurology, Grady Memorial Hospital, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Study concept or design, Drafting the manuscript for content, including medical writing for content

Muhammad M. Qureshi, MD Radiology, Radiation Oncology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA

Analysis or interpretation of data

Mohamad Abdalkader, MD Radiology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA

Study concept or design, Drafting the manuscript for content, including medical writing for content

Sheila O. Martins, MD, PhD Neurology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, and Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil

Major role in the acquisition of data

Hiroshi Yamagami, MD, PhDb Stroke Neurology, National Hospital Organization, Osaka National Hospital, Japan

Zhongming Qiu, MD, PhD Neurology, Xinqiao Hospital of the Army Medical University, Chongqing, China

Ossama Yassin Mansour, MD, PhDc

Neurology Department, Stroke and Neurointervention

Division, Alexandria University Hospital, Alexandria University, Egypt

Anvitha Sathya Boston University, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA

Major role in the acquisition of data, Analysis or interpretation of data

Anna Czlonkowska MD, PhD Second Department of Neurology, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland

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Georgios Tsivgoulis, MD, PhD Neurology, National &

Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine,

“Attikon” University Hospital, Athens, Greece

Diana Aguiar de Sousa, MD Faculdade de Medicina,

Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

Jelle Demeestere, MD Neurology, Leuven University Hospital, Belgium

Robert Mikulik, MD International Clinical Research Center and Department of Neurology, St. Anne´s

University Hospital in Brno and Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Peter Vanacker, MD, PhD Neurology, AZ Groeninge Hospital Kortrijk, Kortrijk, Belgium

Antwerp University Hospital, Belgium

James E. Siegler, MD Neurology, Cooper

Neurological Institute, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, New Jersey

Janika Kõrv, MD, PhD Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia

Jose Biller, MD Neurology, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA

Conrad W . Liang, MD, PhD Department of Neurosurgery, Kaiser Fontana Medical Center

Navdeep Sangha, MD Department of Neurology, Kaiser Los Angeles Medical Center

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Alicia Zha, MD Neurology, UT Health McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA

Alexandra Czap, MD Neurology, UT Health McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA

Christine A. Holmstedt, MD Neurology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Tanya N. Turan, MD, MS Neurology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA

George Ntaios, MD Internal Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece

Konark Malhotra, MD Neurology, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Ashis Tayal, MD Neurology, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Aaron Loochtan, DO Neurology, Ohio Health Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, Ohio

Annamarei Ranta, MD, PhD Medicine and Neurology, University of Otago and

Wellington Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand

Eva A. Mistry, MBBS Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee

Anne Alexandrov, PhD, AGACNP-BC, ANVP-BC, NVRN- BC

Neurology, University of Tennessee Health Center, Memphis

David Y. Huang, MD, PhD Neurology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Shadi Yaghi, MD Neurology, Radiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA

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Eytan Raz, MD, PhD Radiology, Neurology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA

Sunil A. Sheth, MD Neurology, UT Health McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA

Mahmoud H. Mohammaden, MD

Neurology, Grady Memorial Hospital, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

Michael R. Frankel, MD Neurology, Grady Memorial Hospital, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

Major role in the acquisition of data, manuscript revision

Eric Gueumekane Bila Lamou, MD MSc

Douala Gynaeco-Obstetric and Pediatric Hospital, University of Douala, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Science,

Cameroon

Hany M. Aref, MD Hossam M. Shokri, MD

Ain Shams University Specialized Hospital, Egypt

Ahmed Elbassiouny, MD Tamer Roushdy, MD

Ain Shams University Hospital, Egypt

Farouk Hassan, MD Cairo University Affiliated MOH Network, Egypt

Tarek Menecie, MD Neurology, Nasser Institute for Research and Treatment, Cairo, Egypt

Wessam Mustafa, MD Mansoura University Affiliated Private Hospitals Network, Egypt

Fred Stephen Sarfo, MD Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Tolulope Oyetunde Alabi, MBBS, MWACP

Kolawole W. Wahab; MBBS, MPH, MSc, FMCP

Stroke Unit, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Nigeria

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Babawale Arabambi, MBBS, FWACP

Department of Medicine, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria

Ernest O. Nwazor, MBBS, FMCP

Department of Medicine, Federal Medical Center, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria

Taofiki Ajao Sunmonu, MD Neurology Unit, Department of Medicine, Federal Medical Centre, Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria

Joseph Yaria, MBBS, MSc University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria

Haytham Hussein Mohammed, MD

The National Ribat University Affiliated Hospitals, Khartoum, Sudan

Philip B. Adebayo, MBBS, MSc, FWACP, FCP

Neurology Section, Department of Internal Medicine, Aga-Khan University, Medical College East Africa, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Anis Riahi, MD Tunis El Manar University, Military Hospital of Tunis, Tunisia

Samia Ben Sassi, MD Neurology, Mongi Ben Hmida National Institute of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University Tunis El Manar, Tunisia

Lenon Gwaunza, MBChB,MSc, FCNeurol

Gift W Ngwende, MBChB, FCP(ECSA)

Departments of Physiology and Medicine, University of

Zimbabwe

David Sahakyan, MD Cerebrovascular / Endovascular Neurosurgery Division,

Erebouni Medical Center, Yerevan, Armenia

Aminur Rahman, MBBS, FCPS, M D , FINR

Neurology, Sir Salimulah College, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Zhibing Ai, MS Neurology, Taihe Hospital of Shiyan City, Hubei, China

Fanghui Bai, MD Neurology, Nanyang Central Hospital, Henan, China

Zhenhui Duan, MD MS Neurology, Wuhan No. 1 Hospital, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Yonggang Hao, MD Neurology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, affiliated with the Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang, China

Wenguo Huang, MS Neurology, Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Maoming, Guangdong, China

Guangwen Li, MD Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Shandong, China

Wei Li, MD Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical College, Hainan, China

Ganzhe Liu, MD Neurology, Wuhan Central Hospital, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Jun Luo, MD, MS Neurology, Mianyang 404th Hospital, Sichuan, China

Xianjin Shang, MD Neurology, Yijishan Hospital of Wannan Medical College, Anhui, China

Yi Sui, MBBS, PhD, MD Neurology and Neuroscience, Shenyang Brain Institute, Shenyang First People’s Hospital, Shenyang Medical College Affiliated Brain Hospital, China

Ling Tian, MD Neurology, Affiliated Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital of Qingdao University, Shandong, China

Hongbin Wen, MD Neurology, Xiangyang Central Major role in the acquisition of

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Hospital, Hubei, China data

Bo Wu, MD Neurology, West China

Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Yuying Yan, MD Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Zhengzhou Yuan, MD Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Sichuan, China

Hao Zhang, MD, PhD Neurology, Affiliated Hangzhou First People’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang, China

Jun Zhang, MD Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Shandong, China

Wenlong Zhao, MD Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fujian, China

Wenjie Zi, MD Neurology, Xinqiao Hospital of Army Medical University, Chongqing, China

Thomas K Leung, MD Acute Stroke Unit, The Prince of Wales Hospital, Kwok Tak Seng Centre for Stroke Research and Intervention, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Chandril Chugh, MD Interventional Neurology, MAX Superspecialty Hospital, Saket, New Delhi, India

Vikram Huded, MD NH Institute of Neurosciences, NH Mazumdar Shaw Medical Center, Bangalore, India

Bindu Menon, MD, FRCP Neurology, Apollo Speciality Major role in the acquisition of

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Hospitals Nellore, India data Jeyaraj D. Pandian, MD Neurology, Christian Medical

College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

P.N. Sylaja, MD Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and

Technology, Kerala, India

Fritz Sumantri Usman Sr, MD Stroke Unit, Pelni Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia

Mehdi Farhoudi, MD Neurosciences Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

Elyar Sadeghi-Hokmabadi, MD Neurosciences Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

Anat Horev, MD Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel

Anna Reznik, MA Interventional Neuroradiology, Rambam Health care Campus, Haifa, Israel

Rotem Sivan-Hoffmann, MD Interventional Neuroradiology, Rambam Health care Campus, Haifa, Israel

Nobuyuki Ohara, MDb Neurology, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan

Nobuyuki Sakai, MD, DMScb Neurosurgery, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan

Daisuke Watanabe, MD PhD^b Stroke and Neurovascular Surgery, IMS Tokyo-Katsushika General Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Ryoo Yamamoto, MD PhDb Yokohama Brain and Spine Center, Japan

Ryosuke Doijiri, MD^b Iwate Prefectural Central, Japan Major role in the acquisition of data

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Naoki Tokuda, MD, PhDb Neurology and Stroke Treatment, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daiichi Hospital, Japan

Takehiro Yamada, MDb Neurology, Kyoto Second Red Cross Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

Tadashi Terasaki, MD^b Neurology, Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital,

Kumamoto, Japan

Yukako Yazawa, MDb Stroke Neurology, Kohnan Hospital, Sendai, Japan

Takeshi Uwatoko, MDb Cerebrovascular Medicine, Saga-Ken Medical Centre, Saga, Japan

Tomohisa Dembo, MD, PhD^b Neurology, Saitama Medical Center, Kawagoe, Japan

Hisao Shimizu, MDb Neurology, Nara City Hospital, Nara, Japan

Yuri Sugiura, MDb Neurology, Toyonaka Municipal Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Fumio Miyashita, MDb Neurology, Kagoshima City Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan

Hiroki Fukuda, MD, PhDb Neurology, Japanese Red Cross Matsue Hospital, Shimane, Japan

Kosuke Miyake, MDb Neurology, Shiroyama Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Junsuke Shimbo, MD, PhDb Cerebrovascular Medicine, Niigata City General Hospital, Niigata, Japan

Yusuke Sugimura, MDb Neurology, Sugimura Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan

Yoshika Yagita, MD, PhD^b Stroke Medicine, Kawasaki Medical University, Okayama, Japan

Yohei Takenobu, MD, PhDb Neurology, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, Osaka, Japan

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Yuji Matsumaru, MD, PhDb Stroke Prevention and Treatment, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Satoshi Yamada, MD, PhDb Neurology, Stroke Center and Neuroendovascular Therapy, Saiseikai Central Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Ryuhei Kono, MDb Neurology, Kin-ikyo Chuo Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan

Takuya Kanamaru, MD, PhDb Cerebrovascular Medicine, NTT Medical Center Tokyo, Japan

Hidekazu Yamazaki, MDb Neurology and

Neuroendovascular Treatment, Yokohama Shintoshi

Neurosurgical Hospital, Yokohama, Japan

Manabu Sakaguchi, MD, PhDb Neurology, Osaka General Medical Center, Japan

Kenichi Todo, MD, PhDb Neurology, Osaka University Hospital, Japan

Nobuaki Yamamoto, MD, PhD^b Advanced Brain Research, Tokushima University Hospital Tokushima, Japan

Kazutaka Sonoda, MDb Neurology, Saiseikai Fukuoka General Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

Tomoko Yoshida, MDb Neurology, Tane General Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Hiroyuki Hashimoto, MD, PhDb Division of Stroke, Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka Rosai Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Ichiro Nakahara, MD, PhDb Comprehensive Stroke, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan

Kamila Faizullina, MD, PhD Republican Center for eHealth, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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Saltanat Kamenova, MD Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Department of Medicine, Kazakhstan

Aida Kondybayeva, MD Neurology, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Kazakhstan

Murat Zhanuzakov, MD Kazakh-Russian Medical University, Kazakhstan

Jang-Hyun Baek, MD Neurology, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Yang-Ha Hwang, MD PhD Department of Neurology, Kyungpook National University Hospital, School of Medicine, Kyungpook, South Korea

Jin Soo Lee, MD Ajou University Hospital, South Korea

Si Baek Lee, MD Neurology, Uijeongbu St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, South Korea

Jusun Moon, MD Neurology, National Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea

Hyungjong Park, MD Neurology, Keimyung

University School of Medicine, Dongsan Medical Center, Daegu, South Korea

Jung Hwa Seo, MD (Busan) Department of Neurology, Busan Paik Hospital, School of Medicine, Inje University, Busan, South Korea

Kwon-Duk Seo, MD Neurology, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan

Hospital, Goyang, South Korea

Sung-II Sohn, MD, PhD Neurology, Keimyung

University School of Medicine,

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Dongsan Medical Center, Daegu, South Korea

Chang Jun Young, MD Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

Rechdi Ahdab, MD, PhD Department of Neurology, LAU Medical Center-Rizk Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon

Wan Asyraf Wan Zaidi, MMed Wan Nur Nafisah Wan Yahya, MMed

Department of Medicine, Pusat Perubatan Universiti

Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Zariah Abdul Aziz, MMed Sultanah Nur Zahirah, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia

Hamidon Bin Basri, MD University Putra Malaysia Major role in the acquisition of data

Lam Wan Chung, MD Sarawak General Hospital, Kuching, Malaysia

Aznita Binti Ibrahim, MD, Hospital Sultan Abdul Halim, Sungai Petani Kedah, Malaysia

Khairul Azmi Ibrahim, MMed Sultanah Nur Zahirah, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia

Irene Looi, MBBS, (UM) Hospital Seberang Jaya, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

Wee Yong Tan, MD MRCP (UK) Thomson Hospital Kota Damansara, Malaysia

Stanislav Groppa MD, PhD

Pavel Leahu, MD, Phd “Nicolae Testemitanu” State University of Medicine and Pharmacy; Emergency Medicine Institute, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova

Amal M. Al Hashmi, MD, FRCPcc

Central Stroke Unit, MOH of Oman, Muscat, Oman

Maria Carissa C. Pineda- Franks, MD

Christian Oliver Co, MD

St. Luke’s Medical Center - Institute of Neurosciences, Philippines

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Yahia Z. Imam, MBBS, MD, MSc^c

Naveed Akhtar, MDc

Neuroscience Institute, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

Dmitriy Kandyba, MD Endovascular Neurosurgery, Saint-Petersburg Dzhanelidze Research Institute of

Emergency Medicine, St.

Petersburg, Russia

Adel Alhazzani, MD, FRCPcc Neurology Unit, Department of Medicine, King Saud University, College of Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Hosam Al-Jehani, MBBS, MScc Neurosurgery, Interventional Radiology, and Critical Care Medicine, King Fahad Hospital of the University, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Saudi Arabia

Carol Huilian Tham, MBBS, M.Med, MRCP

Singapore National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore

Marlie Jane Mamauag, MD Changi General Hospital, Singapore

Narayanaswamy

Venketasubramanian, FRCP

Raffles Neuroscience Center, Raffles Hospital, Singapore

Chih-Hao Chen, MD, PhD Sung-Chun Tang, MD, PhD

Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan

Anchalee Churojana, MD Radiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Eşref Akıl, MD Dicle University Medical School and Hospital, Diyarbakir, Turkey

Ozlem Aykaç, MD^c

Atilla Özcan Özdemir, MDc

Stroke and Neurointervention Unit, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Turkey

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Semih Giray, MD Gaziantep University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey

Syed Irteza Hussain, MD Seby John, MD

Neurology, Neurological

Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Huynh Vu Le, MD Anh Tran Duc, MD

Stroke Center, Hue Central Hospital, Hue, Vietnam

Huy Hoang Nguyen, MD Pham Nhu Thong, MD

Stroke Department, Da Nang Hospital, Da Nang City, Vietnam

Thang Nguyen, MD Trung Nguyen, MD

115 People’s Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Thomas Gattringer, MD, PhD Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Austria

Christian Enzinger, MD Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Austria

Monika Killer-Oberpfalzer, MD, PhD

Neurology, Research Institute of Neurointervention,

University Hospital Salzburg / Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

Sofie De Blauwe, MD Neurology, Sint Jan Hospital, Bruges, Belgium

Geert Vanhooren, MD Neurology, Sint Jan Hospital, Bruges, Belgium

Sylvie De Raedt, MD, PhD Neurology, Brussels University Hospital (UZ Brussel), Belgium

Anne Dusart, MD Flavio Bellante, MD

Neurology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Charleroi, Belgium

Robin Lemmens, MD, PhD Leuven University Hospital, Belgium

Noémi Ligot, MD Neurology, ULB Erasme Hospitals Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

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Matthieu P. Rutgers, MD Neurology, Europe Hospitals Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

Laetitia Yperzeele, MD, PhD Neurology, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium

Filip Alexiev, MD, PhD Teodora Sakelarova, MD

Neurology Clinic, St. Anna University Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria

Marina Roje Bedeković, MD, PhD

Neurology, Sestre Milosrdnice University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia

Hrvoje Budincevic, MD, PhD Department of Neurology, Sveti Duh University Hospital,

Zagreb, Croatia

Igor Cindrić, MD Neurology, General Hospital Virovitica, Croatia

David Ozretic, MD Radiology, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Croatia

Majda Seferović Šarić Neurology, General Hospital Zabok, Croatia

Henryk Brzezanski, MD Mining Hospital Karvina, Czech Republic

David Cernik, MD, MSc Masaryk Hospital Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic

Petr Fibrich, MD Hospital Trutnov, Czech Republic

Jan Fiksa, MD General University Hospital Praha, Czech Republic

Andreea Grecu, MD St. Anne´s University Hospital in Brno, Czech Republic

Katerina Hanelova, MD Hospital Litomysl, Czech Republic

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Helena Hlavacova, MD Regional Hospital Pribram, Czech Republic

David Hlinovsky, MD Thomayer Hospital Praha, Czech Republic

Rene Jura, MD University Hospital Brno, Czech Republic

Lubomir Jurak, MD Regional Hospital Liberec, Czech Republic

Igor Karpowicz, MD Regional Hospital Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic

Lukas Klecka, MD Municipal Hospital Ostrava, Czech Republic

Martin Koutny, MD Hospital Mlada Boleslav, Czech Republic

Gabriela Krejstova, MD Hospital Prostejov, Czech Republic

Jiri Neumann, MD Regional Hospital Chomutov, Czech Republic

Miroslava Nevsimalova, MD Hospital České Budejovice, Czech Republic

Ales Novak, MD

Hospital Sokolov, Czech Republic

Jan Novak, MD Hospital Ceska Lipa, Czech Republic

František Pfeifer, MD Nemocnice Jindřichův Hradec, Czech Republic

Petr Prochazka, MD Hospital Uherske Hradiste, Czech Republic

Robert Rezek, MD Hospital Pisek, Czech Republic Major role in the acquisition of data

Daniel Sanak, MD University Hospital Olomouc, Czech Republic

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Ondrej Skoda, MD Hospital Jihlava, Czech Republic Major role in the acquisition of data

Helena Sobolova, MD

Hospital Trinec, Czech Republic Major role in the acquisition of data

Martin Sramek, MD Military University Hospital Praha, Czech Republic

Dusan Tenora, MD Hospital Blansko, Czech Republic

Zdenek Topinka, MD Regional Hospital Kolin, Czech Republic

Marta Vachova, MD

Hospital Teplice, Czech Republic

Daniel Vaclavik, MD Hospital Vitkovice, Czech Republic

Miroslav Varecha, PhD St. Anne´s University Hospital in Brno, Czech Republic

Ondrej Volney, MD, PhD Neurology, University Hospital Ostrava, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Hanne Krarup Christensen, MD, PhD

Nicolas Drenck, BSc

Bispebjerg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Helle Klingenberg Iversen, MD, DMSci

Thomas Clement Truelsen, MD, PhD

Stroke Center, Rigshospitalet University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Claus Z. Simonsen, MD, PhD Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark

Troels Wienecke, MD, PhD Neurovascular Center, Zealand University Hospital, U n i v e r s i t y o f

C o p e n h a g e n , Roskilde, Denmark

Janika Kõrv, MD, PhD Riina Vibo, MD, PhD

Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia

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Katrin Gross-Paju, MD, PhD Neurology Clinic, West-Tallinn Central Hospital, Tallinn, Estonia

Toomas Toomsoo MD, PhD Center of Neurology, East Tallinn Central Hospital, School of Natural Sciences and Health, Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia

Katrin Antsov, MD Internal Medicine Clinic, Pärnu Hospital, Pärnu, Estonia

Francois Caparros, MD, MSc Charlotte Cordonnier, MD, PhD

Universite Lille, Inserm, Centre Hospitalier de l’Universite de Lille, Lille Neuroscience & Cognition Cognition, Lille, France

Maria Dan, MD Centre Hospitalier d’Arcachon, Gujan-Mestras, France

Jean-Marc Faucheux, MD

Centre Hospitalier d’Agen, Agen, France

Laura Mechtouff, MD Neurologie Vasculaire,

Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Pierre Wertheimer, Bron, France

Omer F. Eker, MD, PhD Neuroradiologie, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Pierre Wertheimer, Bron, France

Emilie Lesaine, MD Francois Rouanet, MD

Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Bordeaux, France

Basile Ondze, MD Centre Hospitalier de Mont de Marsan, France

Roxane Peres, MD Michel Piotin, MD, PhD

Neuroradiologie

Interventionelle, Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild, France

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Fernando Pico, MD, PhD Versailles Saint-Quentin-en- Yvelines University, Versailles, France

Raoul Pop, MD, PhD Neuroradiologie

Interventionelle, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, France

Tatuli Gubeladze, MD, PhD K.Eristavi National Center of Experimental and Clinical Surgery, Tbilisi, Georgia

Mirza Khinikadze, MD, PhD Neurosurgery, New Vision University Hospital, Tbilisi, Georgia and Vivamedi Medical Center, Georgia

Nino Lobjanidze, MD Pineo Medical Ecosystem, Tbilisi,

Georgia

Alexander Tsiskaridze, MD, PhD, DSc, FESO, MAE

Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

Simon Nagel, MD Peter Ringleb, MD

Neurology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany

Michael Rosenkranz, MD Neurology, Albertinen Krankenhaus, Hamburg, Germany

Holger Schmidt, MD Neurology, Elbe Klinken Stade, Stade, and University Medical Center Göttingen, Germany

Annahita Sedghi, MD Timo Siepmann, MD

Neurology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany

Kristina Szabo, MD Neurology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

Götz Thomalla, MD Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie, Kopf- und

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Neurozentrum,

Universitätsklinikum Hamburg–

Eppendorf, Germany Lina Palaiodimou, MD Neurology, National &

Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine,

“Attikon” University Hospital, Athens, Greece

Dimitrios Sagris, MD Internal Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece

Odysseas Kargiotis, MD Second Department of Neurology, Stroke Unit,

Metropolitan Hospital, Piraeus, Greece

Peter Klivenyi, MD PhD University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary

Laszlo Szapary, MD PhD Gabor Tarkanyi, MD

University of Pecs, Hungary Major role in the acquisition of data

Alessandro Adami, MD Stroke Center, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Negrar, Verona, Italy

Fabio Bandini, MD Department of Neurology, Ospedale San Paolo, Savona, Italy

Paolo Calabresi, MD Giovanni Frisullo, MD PhD

Institute of Neurology, Fondazione Policlinico

Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Rome, Italy

Leonardo Renieri, MD Interventional Neurovascular Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy

Davide Sangalli, MD Stroke Unit, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale (ASST) di Lecco, Italy

Anne Pirson, MD, PhD Maastricht University Medical Center, the Netherlands

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Maarten Uyttenboogaart, MD, PhD

Neurology, Radiology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands

Ido van den Wijngaard, MD PhD

Neurology, Haaglanden Medical Center, the Hague, the

Netherlands

Espen Saxhaug Kristoffersen, MD, PhD

Neurology, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog,

General Practice, HELSAM, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Waldemar Brola, MD, PhD Neurological Ward with Stroke Unit, Specialist Hospital in Konskie, Gimnazjalna, Poland and Collegium Medicum, Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland

Malgorzata Fudala, MD, PhD Neurological Ward with Stroke Unit, District Hospital in Skarzysko-Kamienna, Poland

Ewa Horoch-Lyszczarek, MD Department of Neurology, Szpitala im. T. Marciniaka in Wroclaw, Poland

Michal Karlinski, MD, PhD 2nd Department of Neurology, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland

Radoslaw Kazmierski, MD PhD Department of Neurology and Cerebrovascular Disorders, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland

Pawel Kram, MD Department of Neurology and Cerebrovascular Disorders, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland

Marcin Rogoziewicz, MD PhD 107th Military Hospital with Polyclinic, Walcz, Poland

Rafal Kaczorowski, MD Department of Neurology, St. Major role in the acquisition of

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Queen Jadwiga, Clinical Regional Hospital No. 2, Rzeszow, Poland

data

Piotr Luchowski, MD Department of Neurology, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland

Halina Sienkiewicz-Jarosz, MD PhD

1st Department of Neurology, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland

Piotr Sobolewski, MD, PhD Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit, Holy Spirit

Specialist Hospital in Sandomierz, Collegium Medicum Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Poland

Fryze Waldemar, MD, PhD Copernicus PL, Neurology and Stroke Department, Hospital M.

Kopernik, Gdansk, Poland

Anna Wiśniewska, MD Copernicus PL, Neurology and Stroke Department, Hospital M.

Kopernik, Gdansk, Poland

Malgorzata Wisniewska, MD, PhD

Stroke Unit, Neurological Department, Stanislaw Staszic University of Applied Sciences, Pila, Poland

Patrícia Ferreira, MD Hospital São José, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Lisbon, Portugal

Paulo Ferreira, MD

Vitor Tedim Cruz, MD, PhD

Hospital Pedro Hispano, Matosinhos, Portugal

Luisa Fonseca, MD Stroke Unit, Internal Medicine Department, Centro

Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal

João Pedro Marto, MD Neurology, Hospital de Egas Moniz, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Lisbon, Portugal

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Teresa Pinho e Melo, MD Neurosciences, Hospital de Santa Maria-CHLN, North Lisbon University Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal

Ana Paiva Nunes, MD Hospital São José, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Lisbon, Portugal

Miguel Rodrigues, MD, MSc Neurology, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Portugal

Cristian Falup-Pecurariu, MD, PhD

Department of Neurology, Transilvania University, Brasov, Romania

Georgi Krastev, MD, PhD Miroslav Mako, MD

Neurology, Faculty Hospital Trnava, Slovakia

María Alonso de Leciñana, MD, PhD

Exuperio Díez-Tejedor, MD, PhD

Neurology and Stroke Center, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain

Juan Arenillas, MD, PhD Neurology, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain

Óscar Ayo-Martín, MD, PhD Neurology, Complejo

Hospitalario Universitario de Albacete, Spain

Antonio Cruz-Culebras, MD Department of Neurology, Unidad de Ictus. Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain

Joan Montaner, MD

Soledad Perez-Sanchez MD, PhD

Neurology, Hospital

Universitario Virgen Macarena

& Neurovascular Research Laboratory, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla-IBiS, Seville, Spain

Miguel Angel Tola-Aribbas, MA, MD, PhD

Rio Hortega University Hospital, University of Valladolid, Spain

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Alejandro Rodrigez-Vazquez, MD

Cerebrovascular Diseases, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain

Michael V. Mazya, MD, PhD Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital and Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

Gianmarco Bernava, MD Paolo Machi, MD, PhD

Interventional Neuroradiology, University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland

Alex Brehm, MD Marios Psychogios, MD

Interventional and Diagnostic Neuroradiology, Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland

Urs Fischer, MD, MSc Neurology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Jan Gralla, MD Neuroradiology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Patrik Michel, MD Davide Strambo, MD

Neuroscience, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland

Soma Banerjee, MD

Joseph Kwan, MD, MPhil, FRCP

Stroke Medicine, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK

Kailash Krishnan, MRCP, PhD Stroke Medicine, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, United Kingdom

Michael G. Abraham, MD Neurology, Radiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas, USA

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Diana Alsbrook, MD Neurology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, USA

Dorothea Altschul, MD Neurointerventional

Neurosurgery, Valley Baptist, New Jersey, USA

Anthony Alvarado-Ortiz, DO Palmetto General Hospital, Tenet, Florida, USA

Ivo Bach, MD Neurology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, USA

Aamir Badruddin, MD, MBA Community Healthcare System, Munster, Indiana, USA

Nobl Barazangi, MD, PhD Claude B. Nguyen, MD

Neurology, California Pacific Medical Center, CA, USA

Charmaine Brereton, RN, MSN, CCRN

Stroke Center, Mount Sinai South Nassau, Oceanside, New York, USA

Alicia Castonguay, PhD University of Toledo, Ohio, USA Major role in the acquisition of data

Seemant Chaturvedi, MD Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA

Saqib A. Chaudhry, MD Neuroscience, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Virginia, USA

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Hana Choe, MD

Mohamed Shehab Eldin, MD

Neurology, Abington Jefferson Hospital, Pennsylvania, USA

Jae H. Choi, MD Neurovascular Center,

Neurological Surgery, P.C., Lake Success, NY, USA

Sushrut Dharmadhikari, MD Baptist Health Medical Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Kinjal Desai, MD, MPH Neurology, HCA Houston Healthcare Clearlake, Texas, USA

Thomas G. Devlin, MD Ruchir Shah, MD

Neurology, Erlanger, Tennessee, USA

Vinodh Doss, MD Wilmington North Carolina, USA

Randall Edgell, MD Vascular and

Neurointerventional Services, St. Louis University, USA

Ashley Elks, MSN, RN Vidant Medical Center,

Greenville, North Carolina, USA

Mark Etherton, MD, PhD Natalia Rost, MD

Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA

Don Frei, MD Radiology, Swedish Medical Center, Englewood, Colorado, USA

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Dheeraj Gandhi, MBBS Radiology, Neurosurgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA

Mikayel Grigoryan, MD Adventist Health Glendale Comprehensive Stroke Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Rishi Gupta, MD Wellstar Neuroscience Institute, Marietta, Georgia, USA

Alisia Hindman, BSN, RN Methodist Le Bonheur Health System, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Artem Kaliaev, MD Radiology, Boston Medical Center, USA

Ritesh Kaushal, MD Palmetto General Hospital, Tenet, Florida, USA

Priyank Khandelwal, MD Neurology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, USA

Ayaz M. Khawaja, MD Neurology, Wayne State, Detroit, USA

Naim N. Khoury, MD, MS HSHS St. John’s Hospital, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, USA

Benny S. Kim, MD Virginia Hospital Center, USA Major role in the acquisition of data

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Dawn O. Kleindorfer, MD Molly McDermott, MD

Neurology, University of Michigan, USA

Feliks Koyfman, MD Weill-Cornell Medical College, New York-Presbyterian Queens, New York, USA

Vivien Lee, MD Neurology, Ohio State University, USA

Lester Y. Leung, MD, MSc Neurology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, USA

Guillermo Linares, MD Vascular and

Neurointerventional Services, St. Louis University, USA

Italo Linfante, MD Amy K. Starosciak, PhD

Miami Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute, Florida, USA

Helmi L. Lutsep, MD Neurology, Oregon Health &

Science University, USA

Shailesh Male, MD Vidant Medical Center,

Greenville, North Carolina, USA

Amer M. Malik, MD, Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Florida, USA

Hesham Masoud, MD Neurology, SUNY Upstate New York, USA

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Brijesh P. Mehta, MD Memorial Neuroscience Institute, Pembroke Pines, Florida, USA

Jiangyong Min, MD, PhD Jenny Tsai, MD

Neurosciences, Spectrum Health, Michigan State

University College of Medicine, Grand Rapids, MI, USA

Manoj Mittal, MD Sutter Health, Sacramento, California, USA

Jane G. Morris, MD Neurology, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine, USA

Sumeet S. Multani, MD Neurology, Bayhealth, Dover, Delaware, USA

Fadi Nahab, MD Neurology and Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Krishna Nalleballe, MD Neurology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA

Roberta Novakovic-White, MD Radiology and Neurology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA

Santiago Ortega-Gutierrez, MD Mudassir Farooqui, MBBS

Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Radiology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, USA

Rahul Rahangdale, MD Ascension St. John Medical Center, Tulsa Oklahoma, USA

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Pankajavalli Ramakrishnan, MD, PhD

Riverside Regional Medical Center, Newport, Virginia, USA

Jose Rafael Romero, MD

Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

Aaron Rothstein, MD Neurology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, USA

Sean Ruland, DO Neurology, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA

Malveeka Sharma, MD Neurology, University of Washington School Medicine, Seattle, USA

Brian Silver, MD Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA, USA

Marc Simmons, MD Lisa MacDougall RN, MS

Emergency Medicine, Steward Holy Family Hospital, MA, USA

Abhishek Singh, MBBS Neurology, CHI-Immanuel Neurological Institute,

Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Sheryl Strasser, MD Holy Cross Hospital, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

Viktor Szeder, MD, PhD Neurology, Interventional Neuroradiology, University of California in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA

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Mohamed Teleb, MD Banner Desert Medical Center, AZ, USA

Barbara Voetsch, MD PhD Johanna Helenius, MD, PhD

Neurology, Lahey Hospital &

Medical Center, Beth Israel Lahey Health, Burlington, USA

Luciana Catanese, MD Ashkan Shoamanesh, MD

Neurology, McMaster

University, Hamilton, Canada

Thalia Field, MD, MHSc Samuel Yip, MD, PhD

Neurology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Michael D. Hill, MD, MSc Andrew M. Demchuk, MD

Department of Clinical Neurosciences and Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Canada

Houman Khosravani, MD, PhD Neurology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Canada

Ariane Mackey, MD Neurology, Hopital Enfant Jesus, Centre Hospitalier de l’Universite Laval, Quebec City, Canada

Aleksandra Pikula, MD Neurology, University of Toronto, Canada

Gustavo Saposnik, MD, MPH,

FRCPc Medicine, St. Michael’s

Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada

Courtney Anne Scott, MD Jennifer Haynes, RN

Mackenzie Health, Richmond Hill, Canada

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Ashfaq Shuaib, MD Asif J. Butt, MBBS

Neurology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Miguel A. Barboza, MD MSc Neurosciences, Hospital Dr.

Rafael A. Calderon Guardia, CCSS. San Jose, Costa Rica

José Domingo Barrientos, MD Neurovascular Service, Hospital General San Juan de Dios, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Ligia Ibeth Portillo Rivera, PhD Neurología,

Hospital General de Enfermedades, Instituto Guatemalteco de Seguridad Social, Guatemala

Fernando Gongora-Rivera, MD, MSc

Neurology, University Hospital Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Nelson Novarro-Escudero, MD, MSc

Anmylene Blanco, MD

Pacífica Salud – Hospital Punta Pacífica, Panama

Oscar Balaguera, MD Adriana Luraschi, MD

Hospital de Agudos Dr. Ignacio Privano, Argentina

Virginia A. Pujol Lereis, MD Institute for Neurological Research, FLENI, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Macele Schettini Almeida, MD Adriana Conforto, MD

Hospital das Clinicas / Sao Paulo University, Brazil

Fabricio Buchdid Cardoso, MD Lenise Valler, MD

Sumare State Hospital, Brazil Major role in the acquisition of data

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Leonardo de Deus Silva, MD Hospital Vera Cruz, Deus Campinas, Brazil

Fabricio O. Lima, MD, MPH, PhD

Francisco Mont'alverne, MD, PhD

Stroke Unit, Hospital Geral de Fortaleza, Fortaleza-CE, Brazil

Pedro S.C. Magalhães, MD Alexandre L. Longo, MD

Stroke Unit, Hospital Sao Jose, Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Rodrigo Targa Martins, MD Stroke Unit, Neurology, Nossa Senhora da Conceição Hospital, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Daissy Liliana Mora Cuervo, MD

Neurology, Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Letícia Costa Rebello, MD Neurology, Hospital de Base do Distrito Federal, Brazil

Luidia Varrone Giacomini, MD Irmandade Santa Casa de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Viviane Flumignan Zetola, MD PhD

Hospital Ana, Hospital Juliane, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil

Pablo M. Lavados, MD, MPH Verónica V. Olavarría

Vascular Neurology Unit, Neurology Service, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Clínica Alemana, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile

Víctor Navia, MD Hospital Padre Hurtado.

Santiago, Chile

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Juan Almeida Toro, MD Hospital Padre Hurtado.

Santiago, Chile

Pablo Felipe Ricardo Amaya Fundación Valle del Lili, Cali, Colombia

Hernan Bayona, MD Stroke Center, Fundación Santa Fe, Colombia

Ángel Basilio Corredor- Quintero, MD

Hospital Departamental Universitario del Quindio San Juan de Dios, Armenia, Colombia

Carlos Eduardo Rivera Ordonez, MD

Clinica Universitaria Colombia, Colombia

Diana Katherine Mantilla Barbosa, MD

University Hospital of San Vicente Foundation, Medellin, Colombia

Osvaldo Lara, MD, MSc Barranquilla, Colombia Major role in the acquisition of data

Mauricio R. Patiño, MD Hospital Infantil Universitario de San Jose, Bogota, Colombia

Luis Diaz Escobar, MD Stroke Unit, Hospital de Clínicas, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Colombia

Donoband Edson Dejesus Melgarejo Fariña, MD

Neurology Service, Hospital Central del Instituto de Prevision Social, Paraguay

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Analia Cardozo Villamayor Neurology Service, Hospital Central del Instituto de Prevision Social, Paraguay

Adolfo Javier Zelaya Zarza, MD Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Central de Policia

“Rigoberto Caballero,”

Paraguay

Danny Moises Barrientos Iman National Institute of

Neurological Sciences of Lima Peru

Liliana Rodriguez Kadota, MD Hospital Edgardo Rebagliati Martins Lima-Peru

Bruce Campbell, MBBS, PhD Neurology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

Graeme J. Hankey, MBBS Neurology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and Medical School, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

Casey Hair, RN University of Melbourne, Ballarat Health Service, Australia

Timothy Kleinig, MBBS, PhD Neurology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia

Alice Ma, MBBS Neurosurgery, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Rodrigo Tomazini Martins, MD, PhD

Neurology, Mater Hospital, Brisbane, Australia

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Ramesh Sahathevan, MD PhD University of Melbourne, Ballarat Health Service, Australia

Vincent Thijs, MD Neurology, Austin Health, Victoria, Australia and Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Australia

Daniel Salazar, MD Greymouth Base Hospital, Greymouth, New Zealand

Teddy Y. Wu, MD, PhD Neurology, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand

David S. Liebeskind, MD Neurology, University of California in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA

Ameer E. Hassan, MD Neurology, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley-Valley Baptist Medical Center, Texas, USA

Diogo C. Haussen, MD Neurology, Emory University, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, USA

Dileep R. Yavagal, MD Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Florida, USA

Tudor G. Jovin, MD Neurology, Cooper

Neurological Institute, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, New Jersey, USA

Osama O. Zaidat, MD Neurology, Mercy Health Neurosciences, USA

Major role in data acquisition

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Thanh N. Nguyen, MD^a Neurology, Radiology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA

Study concept, design, Drafting the manuscript

a Contributed equally to this article.

b Contributed from the Japanese Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology (JSVIN).

c Contributed from the Middle East North Africa Stroke and Interventional Neurotherapies Organization (MENA- SINO).