Table 1. Patient Characteristics.
| Stroke Characteristics | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient | Age | Gender | Premorbid Handedness | Hemisphere | Location | Etiology (CCS) | Medical Intervention |
| 1 | 19 | F | R | R | > 1/3 MCA territory | Unknown (cryptogenic) | IV rTPA and IA therapy |
| 2 | 52 | F | R | R | > 1/3 MCA territory | Other (CAD) | |
| 3 | 55 | F | R | L | > 1/3 MCA territory | Other (CAD) | |
| 4 | 64 | M | R | R | > 1/3 MCA territory | Other (CAD) | |
| 5 | 50 | F | R | R | > 1/3 MCA territory | Cardio-aortic embolism | IV rTPA and IA therapy |
| 6 | 49 | M | R | L | > 1/3 MCA territory | Large artery atherosclerosis | |
| 7 | 62 | M | R | R | Precentral and postcentral gyri, temporal lobe | Large artery atherosclerosis | IV rTPA |
| 8 | 59 | M | R | R | CR, IC, BG, insula | Large artery atherosclerosis | IV rTPA and carotid endarterectomy |
| 9 | 49 | M | R | R | CR, IC | Small artery occlusion | |
| 10 | 67 | F | R | R | CR, IC, BG | Large artery atherosclerosis | IV rTPA |
M = male; F = female; R = right; L = left; CCS = Causative Classification System; MCA = middle cerebral artery; IV rTPA = intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator; IA = intra-arterial; CAD = carotid artery dissection; CR = corona radiata; IC = internal capsule; BG = basal ganglia