Acute Cardioembolic and Thrombotic Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusions Have Different Morphological Susceptibility Signs on T2-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Images

Table 2

The characteristics of MCA susceptibility signs in CE and LAA patients.

Types	Total ()	CE ()	LAA ()	/ values	values
MSS positives (%)	63 (75.0)	18 (100)	45 (68.2)		0.005
Diameter of MSS (mm)	4.1 ± 1.0	5.4 ± 0.9	3.9 ± 1.0		0.000
Length of MSS (%)	15.1 ± 4.5	11.2 ± 2.2	16.6 ± 4.2		0.000
Location of MSS (M1/M2)	50/13	14/4	36/9		0.847
Infarct area (%)	21.5 ± 16.0	32.6 ± 21.5	18.4 ± 12.7		0.001
Hemorrhage transformation (%)	10 (11.9)	5 (27.8)	5 (7.6)		0.019

MSS: MCA susceptibility sign.