Relationships between Angiographic Findings and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale Score in Cases of Hyperacute Carotid Ischemic Stroke
Makoto Nakajimaa,
Kazumi Kimuraa,
Toshiyasu Ogataa,
Tatsuro Takadaa,
Makoto Uchinob and
Kazuo Minematsua
a Cerebrovascular Division, Department of Medicine, National Cardiovascular Center, Kumamoto, Japan
b Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Kumamoto, Japan

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FIG 1. Distribution of the NIHSS score of four groups.
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FIG 2. Sensitivity-specificity curve analysis for predicting arterial occlusion. The optimal threshold value of the NIHSS score was 10.
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