From: Characterization of the TNF and IL-1 systems in human brain and blood after ischemic stroke
Case | Sex/Age at death | Infarcted brain area | Infarct age | Cause of death |
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1 | M/76 | Left temporal lobe | <  7 days | Multiorgan failure due to sepsis |
2 | F/73 | Right temporal lobe | <  7 days | Rupture of thoracic aortic aneurysm |
3 | F/78 | Right hemisphere | 2 days | Perforated gastric ulcer with peritonitis and infarct |
4 | M/67 | Left temporal lobe | <  7 days | Cardiac arrest |
5 | M/61 | Right parietal lobe | <  1 day >  7 days | Multiorgan failure due to sepsis, cardiac infarct and endocarditis |
6 | F/83 | Right hippocampus Cerebellum | 1 day >  7 days | Pulmonary embolism |
7 | F/80 | Right frontal lobe Medulla Pons Striatum | 1 day <  5 days 1 day <  7 days | Bronchopneumonia |
8 | M/68 | Left parietal lobe | <  1 day | Cerebral infarct, pneumonia |
9 | M/68 | Caudate nucleus Insula | >  7 days >  7 days | Bronchopneumonia |
10 | M/59 | Right parietal lobe | >  7 days | Pneumonia |
11 | M/57 | Left internal capsule | >  7 days | Pneumonia |
12 | F/67 | Right occipital lobe Right occipital lobe | 1 day >  2 days | Pulmonary infarcts Respiratory distress syndrome |
13 | M/38 | Right parietal lobe | <  5 days | Cerebral herniation, subdural empyema, ARDS |
14 | M/48 | Right temporal lobe | >  7 days | Pneumonia, hypoglycemia |