Table 1.
MRI tomographic findings and clinical details of all 37 patients.
| Patient | Age | Sex/Hand | days after stroke |
NIH-SS | FEES Score |
Location of infarct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Right hemispheric stroke with dysphagia (RHS +) | ||||||
| 1 | 71 | F/R | 9 | 13 | 4 | R, fronto-parietal |
| 2 | 81 | F/R | 4 | 6 | 4 | R, multiple infarctions MCA area |
| 3 | 69 | F/R | 6 | 14 | 4 | R, corona radiata, basal ganglia |
| 4 | 77 | F/R | 7 | 10 | 3 | R, thalamus, hippocampus, insula, parietal |
| 5 | 77 | M/R | 19 | 6 | 4 | R, fronto-parietal |
| 6 | 62 | M/L | 3 | 3 | 3 | R, precentral |
| 72.8 +/- 6.9 | 2 male | 8 +/- 5.8 | 8.7+/- 4.4 | 3.5+/-.8 | ||
| Right hemispheric stroke without dysphagia (RHS -) | ||||||
| 1 | 46 | M/B | 9 | 8 | 1 | R, capsula interna |
| 2 | 72 | M/R | 6 | 3 | 1 | R, parieto-occipital |
| 3 | 66 | M/R | 5 | 3 | 1 | R, corona radiate |
| 4 | 65 | F/R | 6 | 14 | 1 | R, basal ganglia and capsula interna |
| 5 | 66 | M/R | 5 | 5 | 1 | R, postcentral |
| 6 | 69 | M/R | 3 | 5 | 1 | R, parieto-occipal, lat. temporal lobe |
| 7 | 33 | M/R | 17 | 10 | 1 | R, basal ganglia, putamen |
| 59.6 +/- 14.4 | 6 male | 7.3 +/- 4.6 | 6.9 +/- 4.1 | 1(*) | ||
| Left hemispheric stroke with dysphagia (LHS +) | ||||||
| 1 | 70 | M/R | 11 | 13 | 4 | L, basal ganglia |
| 2 | 78 | F/R | 10 | 14 | 4 | L, operculum, insula |
| 3 | 71 | M/R | 26 | 11 | 3 | L, precentral |
| 4 | 71 | F/R | 14 | 5 | 4 | L, temporo-parietal |
| 5 | 69 | M/R | 6 | 4 | 2 | L, gyri temporalis sup. and med. |
| 6 | 48 | M/R | 6 | 2 | 3 | L, parieto-occipall incl Insula |
| 7 | 65 | M/R | 8 | 6 | 2 | L, thalamus |
| 8 | 43 | F/R | 7 | 8 | 2 | L, temporo-parietal |
| 63.6 +/- 13 | 5 male | 6.8 +/- 2.5 | 7.9 +/- 4.4 | 3+/-.9 | ||
| Left hemispheric stroke without dysphagia (LHS -) | ||||||
| 1 | 79 | M/R | 8 | 4 | 1 | L, parieto-occipital |
| 2 | 60 | M/R | 4 | 2 | 1 | L, Ncl. caudatus, insula, precentral |
| 3 | 53 | M/R | 7 | 2 | 1 | L, capsula interna |
| 4 | 71 | F/R | 10 | 4 | 1 | L, precentral |
| 5 | 67 | F/R | 5 | 2 | 1 | L, dorsal hippocampus |
| 6 | 55 | F/R | 3 | 2 | 1 | L, pre- and postcentral |
| 7 | 57 | F/R | 7 | 7 | 1 | L, temporo-parietal |
| 8 | 51 | M/R | 4 | 6 | 1 | L, multiple infarctions MCA area |
| 61.6 +/- 9.8 | 4 male | 6 +/- 2.4 | 3.6 +/- 2(*) | 1(*) | ||
| Brainstem stroke with dysphagia (BSS +) | ||||||
| 1 | 65 | M/R | 11 | 3 | 2 | BS, cerebellum, medulla oblongata |
| 2 | 69 | M/R | 8 | 4 | 2 | BS, left cerebellum, left lat. medulla oblongata |
| 3 | 65 | M/R | 9 | 8 | 4 | BS, left pons, paramedian |
| 4 | 52 | M/R | 6 | 4 | 3 | BS, right mesencephalon |
| 5 | 76 | M/R | 8 | 4 | 3 | BS, right pons |
| 65.4 +/- 8.7 | 5 male | 8.4 +/- 1.8 | 4.6 +/- 2 | 2.8+/-.8 | ||
| Brainstem stroke without dysphagia (BSS -) | ||||||
| 1 | 39 | M/R | 6 | 4 | 1 | BS, right pons |
| 2 | 52 | M/R | 4 | 3 | 1 | BS, right pons |
| 3 | 71 | M/R | 6 | 3 | 1 | BS, left pons, paramedian |
| 56.8 +/- 14.2 | 3 male | 5.4 +/- 1.2 (*) | 3.3 +/- .6 | 1(*) | ||
(*) significant difference from the non dysphagic group with similar stroke location