Impact of Pial Collaterals on Infarct Growth Rate in Experimental Acute Ischemic Stroke.
Gregory A ChristoforidisP VakilSameer A AnsariFarideh Dehkordi-VakilT J CarrollPublished in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2016)
In an experimental permanent MCA occlusion model, assessment of pial collaterals correlates with the infarct growth rate index and has the potential to predict asymptotic infarct volume growth.