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Table 3 Patient Characteristics According to the Location of MCA Plaques

From: High resolution magnetic resonance imaging in pathogenesis diagnosis of single lenticulostriate infarction with nonstenotic middle cerebral artery, a retrospective study

 

Plaque location involving dorsally upper part

(n = 8)

Plaque location not involving dorsally upper part

(n = 7)

P Value

Imaging features

 Lesion length, cm (mean ± SD)

1.86 ± 0.81

2.05 ± 0.96

0.686

 Number of lesion slices (median[IQR])

3.0(3.0–4.75)

3.0(2.0–5.0)

0.779

 Number of lesion slices 3, n (%)

7(87.5%)

5(71.4%)

0.569

 Lesion volume, cm3 (mean ± SD)

3.47 ± 5.10

2.37 ± 2.25

0.955

 Proximal lesion

7(87.5%)

5(71.4%)

0.569

 Significant leukoaraiosis (Fazekas grade 2), n (%)

6(75.0%)

5(71.4%)

1.000

Severity of stroke

 NIHSS at admission

2.0(1.0–3.75)

1.0(0–7.0)

0.867

 NIHSS at discharge

1.5(1.0–2.75)

1.0(0–5.0)

1.000

 mRS 2

2(25%)

2(28.6%)

1.000

  1. MCA middle cerebral artery, SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range, NIHSS National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, mRS modified Rankin Scale