... to prospectively collected data using the study protocol. The distribution of aetiologies was analysed with regard to concomitant causes, cryptogenic stroke and different age groups. Results: A potentially causal aetiology (grade 1) was detected in 29.3% of 4,467 patients. Merging grades 1 and 2, a suspected...

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...James M. MacKenzie Estimates of the frequency of different types of ischaemic stroke vary widely, particularly those said to be of embolic aetiology. This retrospective autopsy study of 100 acute ischaemic strokes was undertaken to clarify the incidence of cardio-embolic stroke. Criteria...

... to the stroke were excluded. No support was found for the assertion that lesion location is a prime factor in the aetiology of PSD. Future investigations of this topic should encompass a much broader range of variables than lesion location, as the aetiology of PSD is likely to be multi-factorial...