ArticleJournal of neurology2020
Detailed phenotyping of posterior vs. anterior circulation ischemic stroke: a multi-center MRI study.
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- Differential efficacy of remote ischaemic conditioning in anterior versus posterior circulation stroke: A prespecified secondary analysis of the RICAMIS trial.European journal of neurology · 2024Trial
- Clinical and Neuroimaging Predictors of Posterior Circulation Stroke: A Retrospective Analysis of In-Hospital Features.Brain sciences · 2026Article
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- Association between fetal-type posterior cerebral artery variants and NIHSS-defined stroke severity in acute posterior circulation infarction.Frontiers in neurology · 2026Article
- Individualized prescriptive inference in ischaemic stroke.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Comparison of access to stroke diagnostics, treatment, rehabilitation, and outcome between men and women.Global epidemiology · 2025Article
- Prevalence of large vessel occlusions in an unselected hospital-based stroke cohort in Sweden.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Seasonal variability of lesions distribution in acute ischemic stroke: A retrospective study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Adjunct Intraarterial or Intravenous Tirofiban Versus No Tirofiban After Successful Recanalization of Basilar Artery Occlusion Stroke: The BASILAR Registry.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2024Article
- Intravenous Thrombolysis in Posterior versus Anterior Circulation Stroke: Clinical Outcome Differs Only in Patients with Large Vessel Occlusion.Biomedicines · 2024Article
- Incidence, clinical features, and outcomes of posterior circulation ischemic stroke: insights from a large multiethnic stroke database.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- Sex differences in acute ischemic stroke presentation are a matter of infarct location.The American journal of emergency medicine · 2023Article
- Posterior circulation ischaemic stroke diagnosis and management.Clinical medicine (London, England) · 2023Review
- Migraine-Associated Common Genetic Variants Confer Greater Risk of Posterior vs. Anterior Circulation Ischemic Stroke☆.Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association · 2022Article
- Site and Mechanism of Recurrent Pontine Infarction: A Hospital-Based Follow-Up Study.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- Influence of renal impairment on neurologic outcomes following mechanical thrombectomy in acute vertebrobasilar stroke.Neuroradiology · 2022Article
- Sex-specific lesion pattern of functional outcomes after stroke.Brain communications · 2022Article
- Higher Prevalence of Diabetes in Pontine Infarction than in Other Posterior Circulation Strokes.Journal of diabetes research · 2022Article
- Impact of revascularization therapies on outcome of posterior circulation ischemic stroke: The Indo-US stroke project.Journal of the neurological sciences · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivePosterior circulation ischemic stroke (PCiS) constitutes 20-30% of ischemic stroke cases. Detailed information about differences between PCiS and anterior circulation ischemic stroke (ACiS) remains scarce. Such information might guide clinical decision making and prevention strategies. We studied risk factors and ischemic stroke subtypes in PCiS vs. ACiS and lesion location on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in PCiS.
methodsOut of 3,301 MRIs from 12 sites in the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Stroke Genetics Network (SiGN), we included 2,381 cases with acute DWI lesions. The definition of ACiS or PCiS was based on lesion location. We compared the groups using Chi-squared and logistic regression.
resultsPCiS occurred in 718 (30%) patients and ACiS in 1663 (70%). Diabetes and male sex were more common in PCiS vs. ACiS (diabetes 27% vs. 23%, p < 0.05; male sex 68% vs. 58%, p < 0.001). Both were independently associated with PCiS (diabetes, OR = 1.29; 95% CI 1.04-1.61; male sex, OR = 1.46; 95% CI 1.21-1.78). ACiS more commonly had large artery atherosclerosis (25% vs. 20%, p < 0.01) and cardioembolic mechanisms (17% vs. 11%, p < 0.001) compared to PCiS. Small artery occlusion was more common in PCiS vs. ACiS (20% vs. 14%, p < 0.001). Small artery occlusion accounted for 47% of solitary brainstem infarctions.
conclusionIschemic stroke subtypes differ between the two phenotypes. Diabetes and male sex have a stronger association with PCiS than ACiS. Definitive MRI-based PCiS diagnosis aids etiological investigation and contributes additional insights into specific risk factors and mechanisms of injury in PCiS.
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