Impact of Ischemic Lesion Location on the mRS Score in Patients with Ischemic Stroke: A Voxel-Based Approach.
Marielle ErnstAnna M M BoersNils Daniel ForkertOlvert A BerkhemerYvo B W E M RoosDiederik W J DippelA V D LugtRobert J van OostenbruggeWim H van ZwamEik VettorazziJens FiehlerHenk A MarqueringCharles B L M MajoieSusanne Gellißennull nullPublished in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2018)
Our study confirms that infarct location has an important impact on functional outcome of patients with stroke and should be considered in prediction models. After we adjusted for covariates, the left-hemispheric corticosubcortical fiber tracts seemed to be of higher functional importance compared with cortical lesions.