ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Contemporary approach to diagnosis of ischemic stroke pathogenetic variants in patients with atherosclerosis and arterial hypertension

Anufriev PL, Tanashyan MM, Gulevskaya TS
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Research Center of Neurology, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Pavel L. Anufriev
Volokolamskoye shosse, 80, Moscow, 125367; ur.ygoloruen@veirfuna

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Funding: the study was carried out as part of the public contract “Acute Vascular and Nonvascular Cerebral Lesions: Pathogenetic, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Aspects”, state registration no. АААА-А20-120110390021-4.

Author contribution: Anufriev PL – data analysis and statistical processing, manuscript writing; Tanashjan MM, Gulevskaja TS – study design, data analysis, manuscript editing.

Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Research Center of Neurology (protocol № 11/14 dated November 19, 2014).

Received: 2020-11-24 Accepted: 2020-12-12 Published online: 2020-12-25
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Fig. 1. Causes of stroke of the large-artery atherosclerosis subtype. ICA — internal carotid artery, MCA — middle cerebral artery, ACA — anterior cerebral artery, PCA — posterior cerebral artery, VA — vertebral arteries, BA — basilar artery; * in combination with contralateral stenosis of ICA or MCA, ** in combination with contralateral stenosis of VA
Fig. 2. Infarctions in patients with stroke of the large-artery atherosclerosis subtype. ICA — internal carotid artery, MCA — middle cerebral artery, ACA — anterior cerebral artery, PCA — posterior cerebral artery, BA — basilar artery, IPCA — inferior posterior cerebellar artery, AABS — area of adjacent blood supply; * in the area of superior frontal sulcus and on the border between the superior and middle thirds of the central gyri, ** in the area of intraparietal sulcus and in the inferior temporal gyrus
Fig. 3. Pathology with high risk of cerebral artery embolism