Fedra Kuris, Sara Tartaglia, Roberto Sperotto, Laura Ceccarelli, Daniele Bagatto, Simone Lorenzut, Giovanni Merlino, Francesco Janes, Carolina Gentile, Roberto Marinig, Lorenzo Verriello, Mariarosaria Valente, Giada Pauletto
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Isolated insular strokes (IIS) are a rare occurrence due to the frequent concomitant involvement of adjacent territories, supplied by the M2 segment of the middle cerebral artery (MCA), and clinical aspects are sometimes contradictory. We aimed to describe clinical and radiological characteristics of a pure IIS case series, focusing on its functional outcome and cardiac involvement. METHODS: We identified 15 isolated insular ischemic strokes from a pool of 563 ischemic strokes occurred between January 2020 and December 2021...
2024: Frontiers in Neurology