Frequency of silent brain infarction in transient global amnesia.
Ramanan GaneshanManja BetzJan F ScheitzHebun ErdurHeinrich J AudebertJochen B FiebachKersten VillringerPublished in: Journal of neurology (2021)
A total of 126 cases were included into the study. Fifty-three percent (n = 71/126) presented with one or more acute lesions in hippocampal CA1-area. Additional acute DWI lesions in other cortical regions were found in 11% (n = 14/126). All patients with DWI lesions outside the hippocampus presented with neurological symptoms typical for TGA (without additional symptoms.) CONCLUSIONS: In a relevant proportion of clinical TGA patients, MRI reveals acute ischemic cerebral lesions. Therefore, cerebral MRI should be performed in patients with TGA to identify a possible cardiac involvement and to detect stroke chameleons.
Keyphrases
- cerebral ischemia
- liver failure
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- diffusion weighted imaging
- respiratory failure
- brain injury
- blood brain barrier
- contrast enhanced
- drug induced
- magnetic resonance imaging
- aortic dissection
- end stage renal disease
- diffusion weighted
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- resting state
- oxidative stress
- magnetic resonance
- peritoneal dialysis
- depressive symptoms
- white matter
- physical activity
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- patient reported