Abstract
In a hospital-based series of 66 consecutive patients with non-progressive cerebral infarction, the time of onset and the type of infarction on computed tomography were studied retrospectively. Forty-six (78%) patients suffered cerebral infarction between 6 am and 6 pm. Only five patients (8%) had their infarct between midnight and 6 am. Only three patients had a watershed-infarct, and these occurred during the daytime. Our results do not support the belief that atherothrombotic brain infarction is largely determined by haemodynamic factors.
Full text
PDF
Selected References
These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.
- Caplan L. R., Hier D. B., D'Cruz I. Cerebral embolism in the Michael Reese Stroke Registry. Stroke. 1983 Jul-Aug;14(4):530–536. doi: 10.1161/01.str.14.4.530. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Kaps M., Busse O., Hofmann O. Zur circadianen Häufigkeitsverteilung ischämischer Insulte. Nervenarzt. 1983 Dec;54(12):655–657. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- LHermitte F., Gautier J. C., Derouesné C., Guiraud B. Ischemic accidents in the middle cerebral artery territory. A study of the causes in 122 cases. Arch Neurol. 1968 Sep;19(3):248–256. doi: 10.1001/archneur.1968.00480030026002. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Marshall J. Diurnal variation in occurrence of strokes. Stroke. 1977 Mar-Apr;8(2):230–231. doi: 10.1161/01.str.8.2.230. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Mohr J. P., Caplan L. R., Melski J. W., Goldstein R. J., Duncan G. W., Kistler J. P., Pessin M. S., Bleich H. L. The Harvard Cooperative Stroke Registry: a prospective registry. Neurology. 1978 Aug;28(8):754–762. doi: 10.1212/wnl.28.8.754. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Torvik A., Skullerud K. How often are brain infarcts caused by hypotensive episodes? Stroke. 1976 May-Jun;7(3):255–257. doi: 10.1161/01.str.7.3.255. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Tsementzis S. A., Gill J. S., Hitchcock E. R., Gill S. K., Beevers D. G. Diurnal variation of and activity during the onset of stroke. Neurosurgery. 1985 Dec;17(6):901–904. doi: 10.1227/00006123-198512000-00005. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- WELLS C. E. Cerebral embolism; the natural history, prognostic signs and effects of anticoagulation. AMA Arch Neurol Psychiatry. 1959 Jun;81(6):667–677. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]