Table 3.
Cerebral infarcts in the territory of the anterior cerebral artery (ACA). Main series reported in the literature
| First author, year [reference] | Patients | Clinical series | Frequency cardioembolic aetiology (%) |
Frequency total infarctions (%) |
Frequency total Stroke (%) |
In-hospital mortality (%) |
| Bogousslavski, 1990 [13] | 27 | Lausanne Stroke Registry (n = 1490) |
26 | Not stated | 1.8 | Not stated |
| Moulin, 2000 [15] | 35 | Besançon Stroke Registry (n = 1776) |
45.7 | 1.9 | Not stated | 14.3 |
| Vemmos, 2000 [16] | 10 | Athens Stroke Registry (n = 1042) |
50 | 1.1 | 0.9 | Not stated |
| Kumral, 2002 [14] | 48 | Ege Stroke Registry (n = 4750) |
27 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Gandehari, 2007 [17] | 32 | Khorasan Stroke Registry (n = 1392) |
Not stated | 2.3 | Not stated | Not stated |
| Present series, 2009 | 51 | Hospital Sagrat Cor Stroke Registry (n = 3808) |
45.1 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 7.8 |