Prospective Validation of Computed Tomography to Identify Patients at High Risk for Stroke After Transient Ischemic Attack or Minor Stroke.
Emma FergusonKrishan YadavMukul SharmaMarco L A SivilottiMarcel ÉmondIan G StiellGrant StottsJacques Simon LeeAndrew WorsterJudy MorrisKa Wai CheungAlbert Y JinWieslaw J OczkowskiDemetrios J SahlasHeather E MurrayAriane MackeySteve VerreaultMarie-Christine CamdenSamuel YipPhilip TealDavid J GladstoneMark Iskander BoulosNicolas ChagnonElizabeth ShouldiceClare L AtzemaTarik SlaouiJeanne TeitelbaumMarie-Joe NemnomGeorge A WellsAvik NathJeffery J PerryPublished in: Stroke (2023)
In patients with transient ischemic attack or minor stroke, CT evidence of acute ischemia with chronic ischemia or microangiopathy significantly increases the risk of subsequent stroke within 90 days of index visit. The combination of all 3 findings results in the greatest early risk.
Keyphrases
- cerebral ischemia
- atrial fibrillation
- computed tomography
- end stage renal disease
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- blood brain barrier
- ejection fraction
- brain injury
- newly diagnosed
- magnetic resonance imaging
- chronic kidney disease
- ischemia reperfusion injury
- contrast enhanced
- liver failure
- magnetic resonance
- drug induced
- dual energy
- peritoneal dialysis
- respiratory failure