Stroke Training and Awareness Resources (STARs)

The presenting features of a patient with PACS

Patients may present with one or more of the following:

  • New, higher cerebral dysfunction (such as aphasia, inattention, dyspraxia, agnosia)
  • Homonymous visuospatial field deficit
  • Limited weakness or sensory loss involving the face, arm or leg

A CT scan with a caption that reads 'area of low density due to infarction and oedema'
This CT scan shows a small left hemisphere cortical infarct which might result in a PACI clinical syndrome

Predicted outcomes at 30 days post PACI:

  • 5% of patients dead
  • 40% of patients dependent
  • 55% of patients independent

Page last reviewed: 20 Apr 2021