Middle Cerebral Artery Atherosclerotic Plaques in Recent Small Subcortical Infarction: A Three-Dimensional High-resolution MR Study

Table 2

Presence and positions of atherosclerotic plaques around the ipsilateral and contralateral MCAs.

Patient number	Infarction site	Ipsilateral				Contralateral
		Precontrast		Postcontrast		Precontrast		Postcontrast
		Presence	Position	Presence	Position	Presence	Position	Presence	Position
1	Left	Yes	Down	Yes	Up + down	No		No
2	Left	Yes	Up	Yes	Up	Yes	Up	Yes	Up
3	Left	No		No		No		No
4	Left	Yes	Up	Yes	Up	Yes	Up	Yes	Up
5	Left	Yes	Up + down	Yes	Up	No		No
6	Left	Yes	Down	Yes	Down	No		No
7	Left	Yes	Up	Yes	Up	Yes	Up	Yes	Down
8	Left	Yes	Up	Yes	Up + down	No		No
9	Left	No		No		No		No
10	Left	Yes	Up + down	Yes	Up	No		No
11	Left	Yes	Up	Yes	Up + down	No		No
12	Right	No		No		No		No
13	Right	No		No		No		No
14	Right	Yes	Up + down	Yes	Up + down	Yes	Up + down	Yes	Up + down
15	Right	No		Yes	Up	No		Yes	Up + down
16	Right	No		Yes	Up	No		Yes	Up + down
17	Right	No		No		No		No
18	Right	No		Yes	Up	No		No