Stroke Mimics in the Acute Setting: Role of Multimodal CT Protocol.
E ProdiLucia DanieliC MannoAlberto PagnamentaEmanuele PravatàLuca RoccatagliataC StädlerCarlo Walter CeredaAlessandro CianfoniPublished in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2021)
Multimodal CT demonstrated low sensitivity but high specificity in the diagnosis of stroke mimics in the acute setting. The high specificity of multimodal CT allows ruling out stroke and thereby avoiding unnecessary revascularization treatment in patients with diagnosis of a stroke mimic.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- computed tomography
- image quality
- liver failure
- contrast enhanced
- dual energy
- pain management
- randomized controlled trial
- respiratory failure
- magnetic resonance imaging
- positron emission tomography
- cerebral ischemia
- magnetic resonance
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- intensive care unit
- chronic pain
- aortic dissection
- coronary artery disease
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation