TABLE 5:
Twelve patients without EIS on CT scans who had positive (n = 9) or negative (n = 3) DW Images: blinded data set
| Patient No. | Side | NIHSS Score | Time (min) to |
Occlusion* | Hyperattenuating MCA Sign | EIS at |
Infarct Type | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT | DWI | CT | DWI | ||||||
| 1 | R | 6 | 153 | 163 | MCA branch | + | − | + | Territorial |
| 2 | L | 8 | 207 | 221 | MCA branches | − | − | + | Territorial |
| 3 | L | 17 | 111 | 136 | MCA trifurcation | − | − | + | Territorial |
| 4 | R | 5 | 153 | 181 | MCA branch | − | − | + | Territorial |
| 5 | R | 3 | 180 | 136 | None | − | − | + | Lacunar |
| 6 | R | NA | 173 | 200 | MCA branch | − | − | + | Territorial |
| 7 | L | 13 | 129 | 156 | MCA branches | − | − | + | Territorial |
| 8 | L | 5 | 100 | 122 | MCA branch | − | − | + | Territorial |
| 9 | L | 15 | 75 | 100 | MCA trunk | + | − | + | Territorial |
| 10 | L | 3 | 118 | 157 | ICA and MCA | + | − | − | Territorial |
| 11 | L | 11 | 139 | 98 | None | − | − | − | Lacunar |
| 12 | R | 4 | 50 | 23 | MCA branch | − | − | − | Territorial |
Note.—DWI indicates diffusion-weighted imaging; R, right; L, left; NA, not applicable.
*
Vessel occlusion as assessed with MR or CT angiography.