FLAIR Vascular Hyperintensities as a Surrogate of Collaterals in Acute Stroke: DWI Matters.
Laurence LegrandAlice Le BerrePierre SenersJoseph BenzakounWagih Ben HassenS LionGregoire BoulouisJean-Philippe CottierVincent CostalatSerge BracardYves BerthezèneC OzsancakCorentin ProvostOlivier NaggaraJean Claude BaronGuillaume TurcCatherine Oppenheimnull nullPublished in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2022)
In acute ischemic stroke with large-vessel occlusion, the extent of FLAIR vascular hyperintensities does not reliably reflect collateral status unless one accounts for DWI.