TAC — Total Anterior Circulation Stroke

LAC — Lacunar Stroke

PAC — Partial Anterior Circulation Stroke

POC — Posterior Circulation Stroke

 

Code last letter as follows:

(S) — Syndrome: Indeterminate pathogenesis, prior to imaging (e.g., TACS)

(I) — Infarct (e.g., TACI)

(H) — Hemorrhage (e.g., TACH)

 

FINAL CLASSIFICATION: ___ ___ ___ ___

References

Bamford J, Sandercock P, Dennis M, Burn J, Warlow C. “Classification and natural history of clinically identifiable subtypes of cerebral infarction.”
Lancet 22;337(8756):1521-6, 1991.

“How well does the Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project classification predict the site and size of the infarct on brain imaging?”
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2000;68:558-562.

Links for More Information

• University of Oxford Department of Clinical Geratology
• Tutorial - Dr. R S MacWalter