ASCOD Algorithm for Ischemic Stroke

ASCOD Algorithm Calculator for Ischemic Stroke

ASCOD Algorithm Calculator

Phenotypic classification for ischemic stroke etiology.

Clinical note: This tool is for educational and clinical documentation support only. ASCOD classification should be applied by trained clinicians using the full diagnostic workup.

A — Atherosclerosis / Atherothrombosis

S — Small-vessel disease

C — Cardiac pathology / Cardioembolism

O — Other cause

D — Dissection

References

  1. Amarenco P, Bogousslavsky J, Caplan LR, Donnan GA, Hennerici MG. The ASCOD Phenotyping of Ischemic Stroke — Updated ASCO Phenotyping. Cerebrovascular Diseases. 2013;36:1–5. doi:10.1159/000352050.
  2. Amarenco P, Bogousslavsky J, Caplan LR, Donnan GA, Wolf ME, Hennerici MG. The A-S-C-O Phenotypic Classification of Stroke. Cerebrovascular Diseases. 2009;27:502–508.
  3. Liu A, et al. Phenotypic ASCOD characterisations of ischaemic stroke in the young at an urban tertiary care centre. Stroke and Vascular Neurology. 2018;3:209–214.

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