Summary of patient clinical data
| Case no | Sex/age (years) | NIHSS at admission | Time to puncture (min) | Time to recanalisation (min) | Treatment strategy | Occlusion | Contralateral vertebral artery | TICI score | Haemorrhage | mRS at 3 months |
| 1 | M/57 | 12 | 207 | 90 | AT | LV1+BA | Non-dominant ending in PICA | 3 | N | 0 |
| 2 | M/57 | 28 | 125 | 105 | RT | LV1+BA | Non-dominant ending in PICA | 3 | N | 2 |
| 3 | M/57 | 28 | 600 | 110 | AT | LV1+BA | RV1 95% stenosis | 3 | N | 6 |
| 4 | M/58 | 16 | 855 | 77 | RT | LV1+BA | RV1 95% stenosis | 3 | N | 2 |
| 5 | M/59 | 20 | 695 | 118 | RT | LV1+BA | Non-dominant ending in PICA | 2b | N | 4 |
| 6 | M/48 | 25 | 960 | 175 | RT | RV1+BA | Non-dominant (<2 mm) | 3 | N | 6 |
| 7 | M/66 | 25 | 390 | 194 | RT | LV1+BA | Non-dominant ending in PICA | 2b | N | 6 |
*AT/RT, antegrade technique/reverse technique; BA, basilar artery; L, left; M, male; mRS, modified Rankin Scale; N, no; NIHSS, National Institute of Health Stroke Scale; PICA, posterior inferior cerebellar artery; R, right; TICI, Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction; V1, first segment of the vertebral artery.