Table 4. Features of TOAST Classification of Subtypes of Ischemic stroke.
Features | Subtype | |||
Large-artery atherosclerosis | Cardioembolism | Small-artery occlusion | other cause | |
Clinical | ||||
Cortical or cerebeller dysfunction | + | + | - | +/- |
Lacunar sydrome | - | - | + | +/- |
Imaging | ||||
Cortical, cerebeller, brain-stem, or subcortical infarct>1.5cm | + | + | - | +/- |
Brain-stem, or subcortical infarct<1.5cm | - | - | +/- | +/- |
Tests | ||||
Stenosis of extracranial internal carotid artery | + | - | - | - |
Cardiac source of embolism | - | + | - | - |
Other abnormality on tests | - | - | - | + |