Perfusion-weighted MRI in cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related transient focal neurological episodes.

Arturo De FalcoMarta De SimoneFlorindo d'OnofrioDaniele SpitaleriFabrizio Antonio de Falco

Published in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2021)

Understanding CAA-TFNEs is pivotal because they carry a very high risk of subsequent lobar intracerebral hemorrhage but are frequently misdiagnosed as TIAs and treated with antithrombotics enhancing the bleeding risk associated with CAA.

Keyphrases

contrast enhanced
cerebral ischemia
brain injury
magnetic resonance imaging
subarachnoid hemorrhage
magnetic resonance
computed tomography
diffusion weighted imaging
atrial fibrillation
blood brain barrier
newly diagnosed