| Partial anterior circulation infarcts (PACI) |
Partial anterior circulation infarcts (PACI) |
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PACI = Patients presented with only two of the three components of the TACI syndrome, with higher cerebral dysfunction alone, or with a motor/sensory deficit more restricted than those classified as LACI (e.g., confined to one limb, or to face and hand but not to the whole arm). |
| Lacunar infarcts (LACI) |
Lacunar infarcts (LACI) |
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LACI = These patients presented with a pure motor stroke, pure sensory stroke, sensori-motor stroke, or ataxic hemiparesis. Although patients with faciobrachial and brachiocrural involvement were included, those with more restricted deficits were not. There were no cases of acute focal movement disorders due to CI in our study although there is some evidence that such cases should be considered in this group. |
| Posterior circulation infarcts (POCI) |
Posterior circulation infarcts (POCI) |
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POCI = These patients presented with any of the following: ipsilateral cranial nerve palsy with contralateral motor and/or sensory deficit| bilateral motor and/or sensory deficit| disorder of conjugate eye movement| cerebellar dysfunction without ipsilateral long-tract deficit (i.e., ataxic hemiparesis)| or isolated homonymous visual field defect. |
| Total anterior circulation infarcts (TACI) |
Total anterior circulation infarcts (TACI) |
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TACI = Patients with TACI presented with the combination of new higher cerebral dysfunction (e.g., dysphasia, dyscalculia, visuospatial disorder)| homonymous visual field defect| and ipsilateral motor and/or sensory deficit of at least two areas of the face, arm, and leg. If the conscious level was impaired and formal testing of higher cerebral function or the visual fields was not possible, a deficit was assumed. |