title: [Cardiac sources of cerebral embolism and infarction: results of the Lausanne register for cerebrovascular accidents].
abstract: We studied 305 patients with a first stroke and a potential cardiac source of embolism (PCSE), on the basis of the Lausanne Stroke Registry. We have compared these patients with 1006 patients with stroke but without PCSE, admitted into the Registry during the same period, in order to assess the potential role of PCSE and the coexistence of other causes of stroke. Analysis of the various types of PCSE suggests that some neurologic characteristics are more frequent in patients with than without PCSE (infarcts of the posterior division of middle cerebral artery with Wernicke's aphasia and lateral hemianopia; maximal neurologic deficit at onset; haemorrhagic infarcts).
authors.affiliation: Service de neurologie, CHUV, Lausanne.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cachin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bogousslavsky
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Regli
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kappenberger
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: van Melle
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000150:complications; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000209:etiology; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D012042:Registries
vernacular_title: Sources cardiaques d'embolie et infarctus cérébraux: résultats du Registre lausannois des accidents vasculaires cérébraux.