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Differences in acute cerebral infarction distribution patterns between young and elderly patients: a MRI study
Dandan Yang1,2, Yongjun Han3, Dongye Li4, Huiyu Qiao2, Hualu Han2, Rui Shen2, Zihan Ning2, and Xihai Zhao2
1Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, 2Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 3Aerospace Center Hospital, Beijing, China, 4Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Guangzhou, China
Of the patients with acute cerebral infarction (ACI), young patients had significantly higher prevalence of multiple ACI lesions in more than one vascular territory and higher percentage of lesions in both anterior and posterior circulations than elderly patients.
Fig.3. Comparison of acute cerebral infarction patterns between young and elderly patients. The left and right pies above showed the percentage of different distribution patterns of acute cerebral infarction lesions in young and elderly patients, respectively.
Fig.5. Bar charts of vascular territory patterns of acute cerebral infarction lesions between young and elderly patients. Young patients had significantly higher percentage of lesions in both anterior and posterior circulations than elderly patients.