Total anterior circulation syndrome

Total anterior circulation syndromes or brainstem strokes often cause some drowsiness, but in smaller lesions, consciousness is normal. Therefore if consciousness is impaired and yet the focal deficit is mild, it is important to ... 

Using only a few neurological findings the Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project (OCSP) classification allocates strokes to four subgroups, locating them either in the territory of the anterior (total anterior circulation infarct, TACI partial anterior circulation infarct, PACI lacunar infarct, LACI) and the posterior circulation, (posterior circulation infarct, POCI) (Bamford et al. 1991). The OCSP is a clinical syndromic classification, which... 

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