Research Article
Implications of the Presence of Hyperdense Middle Cerebral Artery Sign in Determining the Subtypes of Stroke Etiology
Table 2
Clinical features and outcomes in different stroke subtypes.
| | Total () | Cardioembolism () | LAA () | Others () | value |
| | Clinical course | | NIHSS at 24 h—median (IQR) | 9 (3-20) | 13 (4-21) | 5.5 (2-13) | 7 (2-17) | 0.126 | | NDAF—no. (%) | 24 (24.2) | 23 (39.7) | 0 (0) | 1 (5.26) | <0.001 | | Outcomes | | ICH—no. (%) | 37 (37.4) | 26 (44.8) | 9 (40.9) | 2 (10.5) | 0.020 | | Brain herniation—no. (%) | 22 (22.2) | 17 (29.3) | 3 (13.6) | 2 (10.5) | 0.163 | | NIHSS at discharge—median (IQR) | 6 (2-15) | 7.5 (2-18) | 5 (2-11) | 3 (1-9) | 0.214 | | mRS at discharge—median (IQR) | 4 (2-4) | 4 (2-5) | 3.5 (2-4) | 3 (1-4) | 0.058 |
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ICH: intracerebral hemorrhage; IQR: interquartile range; LAA: large-artery atherosclerosis; mRS: modified Rankin Scale; NDAF: newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation; NIHSS: National Institute of Health Stroke Scale.
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