Patients with single distal MCA perfusion lesions have a high rate of good outcome with or without reperfusion

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 156-159

  Lemmens, Robin ^a   Christensen, Søren ^a   Straka, Matus ^a   De Silva, Deidre A ^b   Mlynash, Michael ^a   Campbell, Bruce C V ^c   Bammer, Roland ^a   Olivot, Jean Marc ^a   Desmond, Patricia ^c   Marks, Michael P ^a   Davis, Stephen M ^c   Donnan, Geoffrey A ^c   Albers, Gregory W ^a   Lansberg, Maarten G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Distal MCA; Functional outcome; Mismatch; Perfusion imaging; Reperfusion

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; PLACEBO;

AGED; ARTERY PERFUSION; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY PERFUSION LESION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; REPERFUSION;

DISTAL MCA; FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME; MISMATCH; PERFUSION IMAGING; REPERFUSION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PERFUSION IMAGING; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84892831340     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijs.12230     Document Type: Article

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