Table 2

CT or MRI appearance in relation to the clinical syndrome

CT/MRI TACI PACI LACI POCI
Large cortical 42 18 10
Medium cortical 11 39 1 1
Small cortical 5 90 17 6
Border zone cortical4 55 10 7
Large subcortical 16 29 3 0
Small subcortical1 38 105 7
PCA territory cortical8 28 3 58
Brainstem or cerebellar01 4 47
No recent infarct7 143 121 86
Total94441 265212

  • The case notes for one patient who was classified as “unknown” were missing, so this patient could not be classified retrospectively and is excluded from the analysis.

  • The bold numbers indicate infarcts which are appropriate to each of the syndromes.