Do Fluid-Attenuated Inversion Recovery Vascular Hyperintensities Represent Good Collaterals before Reperfusion Therapy?
E MahdjoubGuillaume TurcLaurence LegrandJoseph BenzakounMyriam EdjlaliPierre SenersSylvain CharronWagih Ben HassenOlivier NaggaraJean-Francois MederJean-Louis MasJean Claude BaronCatherine OppenheimPublished in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2017)
In patients eligible for reperfusion therapy, FLAIR vascular hyperintensity extent was associated with good collaterals, as assessed by the pretreatment hypoperfusion intensity ratio. The ASPECTS assessment of FLAIR vascular hyperintensities could be used to rapidly identify patients more likely to benefit from reperfusion therapy.
Keyphrases
- cerebral ischemia
- acute myocardial infarction
- end stage renal disease
- acute ischemic stroke
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- heart failure
- patient reported outcomes
- computed tomography
- stem cells
- magnetic resonance
- cell therapy
- patient reported
- left ventricular
- atrial fibrillation
- replacement therapy