Table 1.

Patients' characteristics.

	Age	Sex	Lateralization	Time Interval between scans (Days)	Time interval after stroke (weeks/daysa)	Anatomical location of ischemia or parenchymal defect	Angiographical findings	ITD (+/−)
1	39	F	Right	32	91	Right caudate nucleus	High-grade stenosis of both MCA	+
2	62	M	Right	20	56	Right basal ganglia	Right MCA occlusion	+
3	45	M	Left	4	4	Left postcentral gyrus and superior parietal lobule	Left MCA Stenosis, fusiform aneurysms of the left carotid T	+
4	52	M	Left	18	5	Left caudate nucleus putamen, posterior Insula, postcentral and centrum Semiovale	Stenosis MCA-1 bds., Occlusion left MCA-M2	+
5	77	F	Left	38	20	Left caudate nucleus, inferior parietal lobule and centrum semiovale	Left MCA Stenosis	+
6	77	F	Left	9	5a	Left caudate nucleus and centrum semiovale	Left ICA occlusion	+
7	64	M	Right	6	6	None	Right ICA occlusion, left ICA stenosis.	+
8	50	F	Left	26	17	Left caudate nucleus, claustrum, Globus Pallidum, Putamen, inferior temporal and medial temporal gyrus	Bilateral MCA stenosis	+
9	65	M	Right	13	9	Right lentiforme nucleus, corona radiata, intern capsule, precentral gyrus superior parietal lobule and inferior patieral lobule	Right ICA occlusion	+
10	47	M	Right	10	1	Right caudate nucleus, putamen, corona radiation, superior temporal gyrus, inferior parietal lobule and centrum Semiovale	Right M1 occlusion, no contralateral ICA stenosis	+
11	72	M	Right	11	32	None	Right ICA occlusion	+
12	64	M	Right	5	1	Right medial frontal gyrus precentral, postcentral and medial temporal gyrus	Right ICA occlusion, right MCA stenosis	+
13	77	M	Left	2	1	Left caudate nucleus, Insula, inferior frontal gyrus and subcentral gyrus	Left ICA and MCA occlusion	+
14	50	M	Right	31	5	Right centrum Semiovale and Globus pallidum	Right ICA occlusion	+
15	50	M	Left	10	2		Left ICA occlusion	+
16	80	M	Right	40	2	Right precentral gyrus	Right ICA occlusion, no contralateral ICA stenosis	–
17	58	M	Left	24	26	None	Left MCA-M1 Stenosis	–
18	45	M	Right	6	2	Left superior frontal gyrus and centrum Semiovale	Right MCA Stenosis	–
19	51	M	Left	26	42	Left centrum Semiovale	Left ICA occlusion	–
20	33	F	Left	16	4a	None	Left ICA dissection	–
21	62	M	Left	3	74	None	Left MCA-M1 occlusion	–
22	44	F	Right	38	245	None	Bilateral MCA/ACA stenosis	–
23	69	M	Left	2	5a	Left medial frontal gyrus, inferior parietal lobule inferior and centrum semiovale	Left ICA occlusion	–
24	52	M	Left	5	2	Diffuse infarctions in left MCA territory	Left ICA occlusion	–
25	46	M	Right	18	94	Right medial frontal gyrus	Right ICA stenosis 90%, left ICA stenosis 50%	–
26	74	M	Right	9	4a	Right caudate nucleus, putamen and insula	Right ICA occlusions, left ICA stenosis	–
27	66	F	Left	18	2	Left precentral gyrus.	Left ICA occlusion, no contralateral ICA stenosis	–
28	76	M	Right	24	5	Right semioval center	Bilateral ICA occlusion	–

Note: ^aindicates days. All other numbers (i.e. without a) indicate weeks. ACA: Anterior cerebral artery; ICA: internal carotid artery; MCA: medial cerebral artery.