Table 1.
Clinical information
| Case | Age | Sex | Clinical and significant autopsy findings | Mechanism of ischemia | Survival after event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 69 | F | Stroke post-surgical cardiac valve repair and replacement. Wedge-shaped infarct at right frontoparietal area | Focal cerebral ischemia (FCI): macroscopic | 9 D |
| 2 | 65 | F | Complicated medical case. An infarct in the right parieto-occipital area 5 weeks before death | FCI: macroscopic | 35 D |
| 3 | 78 | M | Slurred speech and right-side weakness suggestive of stroke | FCI: microscopic (embolic) | 3 D |
| 4 | 60 | M | Post-operative aortic valve replacement is complicated with cardiac vegetations, sepsis, and septic emboli | FCI: microscopic (septic emboli) | 4 D |
| 5 | 24 | F | Poorly controlled type 1 diabetes mellitus and chronic diarrhea. Admitted for dehydration complicated by ARDS for 2 weeks | FCI: microscopic (embolic) | 2 W |
| 6 | 78 | F | Hypertensive right ganglionic hemorrhage and cardiac arrest 2 days before death | Cardiac arrest (CA)/global cerebral ischemia (GCI) and brain edema | 2 D |
| 7 | 45 | M | Hemorrhagic stroke secondary to right carotid dissection and cardiac arrest 3 days before death | CA/GCI and brain edema | 3 D |
| 8 | 56 | M | Cardiac transplant for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy developed coagulopathy, and brain swelling. Cardiac arrest 4 days before death | CA/GCI and brain edema | 4 D |
| 9 | 52 | M | Acute myocardial infarction (MI) | CA/GCI | 6 H |
| 10 | 65 | M | Gastrointestinal bleeding | CA/GCI | 7 H |
| 11 | 61 | M | Dyspnea, cough and unsteadiness for 7 days | CA/GCI | 9 H |
| 12 | 44 | M | History of melanoma. Hypokalemia secondary to tumor lysis syndrome | CA/GCI | 14 H |
| 13 | 39 | F | Acute chest infection | CA/GCI | 2 D |
| 14 | 65 | M | Acute MI | CA/GCI | 2 D |
| 15 | 67 | M | Previous history of MI, DM2, and COPD | CA/GCI | 3 D |
| 16 | 76 | F | Pneumonia. | CA/GCI | 3 D |
| 17 | 41 | F | Previous history of recurrent supraglottitis | CA/GCI | 3 D |
| 18 | 62 | M | Acute MI | CA/GCI | 4 D |
| 19 | 57 | F | Recent history of liver failure | CA/GCI | 4 D |
| 20 | 72 | F | CA at home | CA/GCI | 4 D |
| 21 | 52 | F | Shortness of breath and fever. Medical history indicated epilepsy and depression for 2 years | CA/GCI | 5 D |
| 22 | 59 | F | Acute MI. PMH: COPD, congestive heart failure, and epilepsy | CA/GCI | 6 D |
| 23 | 79 | M | Post right hip surgery | CA/GCI | 9 D |
| 24 | 68 | M | Post-cholecystectomy | CA/GCI | 14 D |
COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; D: days, DM: diabetes mellitus; H: hours; HF: heart failure; W: weeks.