Клинические Синдромы Таламического Инсульта Центральной Сосудистой Территории: Проспективное Клиническое Когортное Исследование

Abstract

Background. The article covers pathophysiological features and patterns of the occurrence of neurological, neuropsychological, and clinical vascular syndromes of thalamic stroke in the central vascular territory. The features of neurological clinical picture, topical, and neuroimaging diagnosis of thalamic stroke in the central vascular territory are analyzed and described in a prospective hospital-based cohort study. The purpose of this study is to determine the features of clinical vascular syndromes of acute thalamic stroke in the lower lateral and adjacent (central, posterolateral) vascular territories in a prospective hospital-based cohort study, providing a comprehensive clinical and neuroimaging analysis. Materials and methods. We have prospectively recruited 319 acute stroke patients, admitted to the Neurological Center at an academic hospital (Oleksandrivska Clinical Hospital) in Kyiv, Ukraine, within 24 hours from the onset of the stroke symptoms. Comprehensive neurological, clinical, laboratory, ultrasound, and neuroimaging examinations were performed to all study patients. Results. MRI-/CT-proven thalamic stroke was diagnosed in 34 (10.6 %) of 319 people, forming a study group. Twenty-two of 34 patients (average age 61.9 ± 10.2 years) were diagnosed with acute isolated ischemic thalamic stroke, and 12 (average age 59.0 ± 9.6 years) had acute thalamic hemorrhage. Conclusions. Specific neurological features of clinical vascular syndromes of acute thalamic stroke in the central vascular territory were analyzed, compared, and described.