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Various systems have been used to classify subtypes of ischemic stroke [ 50 ] . For example, the Trial of ORG10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment (TOAST) investigators classified stroke into large-artery atherosclerosis, cardioembolism, small-vessel occlusion, stroke of other etiology, and stroke of undetermined etiology [ 51 ] . Uncertainty exists as to whether the clinical heterogeneity of the ischemic stroke phenotype relates to heterogeneity in genetic risk factors.
The large-artery atherosclerotic subtype of ischemic stroke accounted for only 13% of all ischemic strokes in a recent population-based study in Bavaria, Germany [ 75 ] . Similarly, the large-artery atherosclerotic subtype accounted for only 16% of all ischemic strokes in a population-based study in Rochester, Minnesota [ 76 ] . In addition to not being a mandatory intermediate phenotype in the biological process leading to ischemic stroke, carotid atherosclerosis is itself a complex phenotype.