Patterns of thalamic territory involvement associated with stroke aetiologies
| SVD (n=60) | LAD (n=30) | CE (n=31) | Cryptogenic (n=39) | ≥2 Causes (n=8) | |
| Thalamic territory (n (%)) | |||||
| Anterior | 6 (10%) | 4 (13%) | 6 (19%) | 3 (8%) | 0 (0%) |
| Posteromedial | 10 (17%) | 19 (63%)† | 14 (45%) | 20 (51%) | 2 (25%) |
| Ventrolateral | 43 (72%)* | 15 (50%) | 16 (52%) | 23 (59%) | 6 (75%) |
| Posterolateral | 1 (2%) | 9 (30%) | 16 (52%) | 13 (33%) | 3 (38%) |
| Common lesion pattern (n) | U-VL (43)† | U-PM (7) | U-VL+PL (6) | U-PM (9) | U-VL (4) |
| B-PM (6) | U-VL (5) | U-VL (9) | |||
| U-VL (6) | U-PM (4) | U-VL+PL (6) | |||
| U-PL (4) | |||||
* p<0.05 by Fisher's exact test.
† p<0.01 by Fisher's exact test.
B, bilateral; CE, cardioembolism; LAD, large artery disease; PL, posterolateral territory; PM, posteromedial territory; SVD, small vessel disease; U, unilateral; VL, ventrolateral territory.