Impact of baseline tissue status (diffusion-weighted imaging lesion) versus perfusion status (severity of hypoperfusion) on hemorrhagic transformation

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Kim, Jong Hun ^a   Bang, Oh Young ^a   Liebeskind, David S ^b   Ovbiagele, Bruce ^b   Kim, Gyeong Moon ^a   Chung, Chin Sang ^a   Lee, Kwang Ho ^a   Saver, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Hemorrhagic transformation; Ischemic stroke; MRI; Perfusion weighted imaging; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFUSION; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; RISK FACTOR; TIME TO MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERFUSION IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77649166389     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.563122     Document Type: Article

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