Cavitation after acute symptomatic lacunar stroke depends on time, location, and MRI sequence

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1837-1842

  Moreau, Francois ^a,b   Patel, Shiel ^a   Lauzon, M Louis ^c   McCreary, Cheryl R ^c   Goyal, Mayank ^c,d   Frayne, Richard ^c   Demchuk, Andrew M ^a,c,d   Coutts, Shelagh B ^a,c,d   Smith, Eric E ^a,c,d  

^a FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

acute stroke; lacunar infarcts; lacunes; magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LACUNAR STROKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE, LACUNAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84863312475     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.647859     Document Type: Article

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