Right-side propensity of cardiogenic emboli in acute ischemic stroke with atrial fibrillation

Figures & data

Table I. Distribution of MES between right and left MCA on TCD monitoring.

	Right MCA		Left MCA		P-value
Number of MES (%)	47	(60.3%)	31	(39.7%)	0.01*

*Chi-square test.

Table II. Lesion side of patients^† (n = 21) with ischemic stroke in MCA/ACA territory on diffusion-weighted MRI.

	Right MCA/ACA dominant^‡		Left MCA/ACA dominant^‡		P-value
Number of patients	16	(76.2%)	5	(23.8%)	< 0.01*

ACA, indicates anterior cerebral artery; MCA, indicates middle cerebral artery.

*Chi-square test.

^†Confined to patients with MCA/ACA territory infarct.

^‡Dominant infract sides were assigned according to lesion volume on diffusion-weighted MRI.

Table III. Comparison of infarct volume between right and left side in patients^† (n = 21) with MCA/ACA territory infarct on diffusion-weighted MRI.

	Right-sided MCA/ACA		Left-sided MCA/ACA		P-value
Median volume, ml (IQR)	16.2	(3.18–75.4)	1.2	(0.25–5.05)	< 0.01*

ACA, indicates anterior cerebral artery; MCA, middle cerebral artery; IQR, interquartile range.

*Mann–Whitney U test.

^†Confined to patients with MCA/ACA territory infarct.