Clinical and imaging predictors of dysphagia and swallowing ability recovery in acute ischemic stroke.
Xiao HuMing-Jun PuZi-Jie WangJialun YuXiaofang WuJing ChengChu ChenHao YinTiannan YangZhehao ZhangLibo ZhaoPeng XieQi LiPublished in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2022)
Initial risk of aspiration was identified as risk factor for short-term and long-term dysphagia. Aphasia and larger WMH volume were revealed to be significant predictors for swallowing function recovery at 1 month. Right corona radiata was identified as an essential brain area for dysphagia.