Table 1.
Etiology and parameters in diagnosis of AIS.
Etiology | Diagnostic parameter |
---|---|
Cardiac embolism | Echocardiography |
Holter/loop recorder | |
Atherosclerosis | CT angiography |
MR angiography | |
Carotid Doppler ultrasonography | |
Small vessel disease | Brain MRI |
Arterial dissection | CT angiography |
MR angiography | |
Cerebral vasculitis | CT angiography |
Magnetic resonance angiography | |
Catheter angiography | |
Cerebrospinal fluid examination | |
Brain and leptomeningeal biopsy |