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June 01, 1991; 41 (6) Articles

Cardiac sources of embolism and cerebral infarction—clinical consequences and vascular concomitants

The Lausanne Stroke Registry

J. Bogousslavsky, C. Cachin, F. Regli, P.-A. Despland, G. Van Melle, L. Kappenberger
First published June 1, 1991, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.41.6.855
J. Bogousslavsky
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Cardiac sources of embolism and cerebral infarction—clinical consequences and vascular concomitants
The Lausanne Stroke Registry
J. Bogousslavsky, C. Cachin, F. Regli, P.-A. Despland, G. Van Melle, L. Kappenberger
Neurology Jun 1991, 41 (6) 855; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.41.6.855

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Abstract

We studied clinical characteristics and coexisting causes of stroke in 305 patients admitted to a population-based primary care center with an initial ischemic stroke and a potential cardiac source of embolism (PCSE). Using systematic standardized cardiac, arterial, and cerebral investigations and the logistics of the prospective Lausanne Stroke Registry, we found that nonprogressive onset, hemianopia without hemiparesis or hemisensory disturbances, Wernicke's aphasia, ideomotor apraxia, involvement of specific territories (posterior division of middle cerebral artery, anterior cerebral artery, cerebellum, multiple territories), and a hemorrhagic component were associated with the presence of a PCSE, as compared with 1,006 initial ischemic stroke patients without PCSE. Although age and sex did not differ, the frequency of hypertension, diabetes, cigarette smoking, elevated blood cholesterol, and deep hemispheric or brainstem infarcts was higher in the patients without a PCSE. Nearly one-fourth of the patients with a PCSE had a coexisting potential arterial cause of stroke (large artery ≥ 50% stenosis or small-vessel disease). In the majority of patients with a PCSE (76.7%), cardioembolism was the most likely cause of stroke, although a direct source of embolism was uncommon (4.3%) and intracranial embolie occlusions were present in less than one-half of the patients who were angiographed.

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