Clinical syndromes of the thalamic stroke in the classical vascular territories: a prospective hospital-based cohort study.

Objective: The aim: We aimed to determine, describe, and analyze the clinical and neuroimaging features of vascular syndromes of acute thalamic stroke in the classical vascular territories in a prospective hospital-based cohort study.
Patients and Methods: 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. Complex neurological, clinical, laboratory, ultrasound, and neuroimaging examinations were performed to all study patients within 24 hours since the symptoms onset.
Results: Results: MRI/CT-proven thalamic stroke was diagnosed in 34 (10.6%) out of 319 patients, forming a study group. Twenty-two out of 34 patients (average age 61.9 ± 10.2 years) were diagnosed with an acute isolated ischemic thalamic stroke, and 12 patients (average age 59.0 ± 9.6 years) were diagnosed with an acute thalamic hemorrhage.
Conclusion: Conclusions: Specific neurological features of clinical vascular syndromes of acute thalamic stroke in the classical vascular territories were analyzed, compared, and described.