J Stroke.
2022 Jan;24(1):156-159. 10.5853/jos.2021.03531.
Right Hemispheric Predominance of Brain Infarcts in Atrial Fibrillation: A Lesion Mapping Analysis
- Altermatt A1,2
- Sinnecker T1,3
- Aeschbacher S4,5
- Springer A4,5
- Coslovsky M4,5,6
- Beer J7
- Moschovitis G8
- Auricchio A9
- Fischer U10
- Aubert CE11,12,13,1
- Kühne M4,5
- Conen D15
- Osswald S4,5
- Bonati LH
3 - Wuerfel J1,2,16
- for the Swiss-AF Study Investigators1
- Affiliations
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- 1Medical Image Analysis Center (MIAC AG), Basel, Switzerland
- 2Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- 3Department of Neurology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- 4Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- 5Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- 6Clinical Trial Unit, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- 7Department of Medicine, Baden Cantonal Hospital, Baden, Switzerland
- 8Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale (EOC), Regional Hospital of Lugano, Lugano, Switzerland
- 9Division of Cardiology, Fondazione Cardiocentro Ticino, Lugano, Switzerland
- 10Department of Neurology, Inselspital, University Hospital of Bern, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- 11Department of General Internal Medicine, Inselspital, University Hospital of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- 12Institute of Primary Health Care (BIHAM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- 13Center for Clinical Management Research, Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- 14Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- 15Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- 16NeuroCure Research Center, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- KMID: 2525342
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.5853/jos.2021.03531
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Figure 1. The distribution of infarcts. Figure depicting the voxel-based sum of all large cortical and non-cortical infarcts and small non-cortical infarcts overlaid on an age-specific standard brain template. The color scale indicates the number of patients with an infarct in a given voxel.
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