Table 5.

Stroke mechanisms in various stroke registries

NEMC-PCR; New England Medical Center Posterior Circulation Registry, HSR; Harvard Stroke Registry-Ref 89, PSDB; Pilot Stroke Data Bank- Ref 99, SDB; Stroke Data Bank-Ref 91, LSR; Lausanne Stroke Registry Ref 92, MRSR; Michael Reese Stroke Registry Ref 90, BSR; Besancon Stroke Registry Ref 94,100, SR; Stroke registry, Austin Stroke Registry Ref 116; Arcadia Stroke Registry 101, Athens Styroke Registry- Ref 95, GSDB; German Stroke data Bank Ref 102, ^*embolism recalculated using HSR criteria (Caplan, 1995) ^†cardiac+large artery without stenosis, PW; predominantly white, LA; large artery