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Table 3 Demographic and clinical data of ischemic stroke patients with and without internal carotid artery morphological variations

From: Prevalence of internal carotid artery morphological variations and its association with cerebrovascular ischemic stroke (hospital-based study)

 

Patients with MV in the ICA course (n = 11)

Patients without MV in the ICA course (n = 91)

P value using the chi-square or T test

History of cerebrovascular insult

• TIA

1 (9.1%)

4 (4.3%)

0.495

• CVS

1 (9.1%)

13 (14.3%)

0.739

Neuroimaging findings

 Normal CT brain

0 (0)

5 (5.2%)

0.065

 Lacunar infarctions

7 (63.6%)

30 (33%)

 Massive infarction

3 (27.2%)

35 (48.4%)

 Multiple infarction

1 (9%)

16 (17.4%)

 Old infarctions

1 (9%)

1 (1%)

 White matter ischemia

2 (18.2%)

1 (1%)

NIHSS

15.2 ± 4.7

15.2 ± 4.4

0.886

  1. MV morphological variations, ICA internal carotid artery, TIA transient ischemic attack, CVS cerebrovascular stroke, NIHSS National Institute of Health Stroke Scale