Brain ischemia: CT and MRI techniques in acute ischemic stroke

P Vilela, HA Rowley - European journal of radiology, 2017 - Elsevier
Imaging plays a central role for intravenous and intra-arterial arterial ischemic stroke
treatment patient selection. Computed tomography (CT)/CT angiography or magnetic …

Collateral circulation in ischemic stroke: assessment tools and therapeutic strategies

OY Bang, M Goyal, DS Liebeskind - Stroke, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
Conventional angiographic evaluation has advantages, including its reliable demonstration
of occlusion versus subtotal occlusion, well standardized recanalization grading, and high …

Collateral status on baseline computed tomographic angiography and intra-arterial treatment effect in patients with proximal anterior circulation stroke

OA Berkhemer, IGH Jansen, D Beumer, PSS Fransen… - Stroke, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Recent randomized trials have proven the benefit of intra-arterial
treatment (IAT) with retrievable stents in acute ischemic stroke. Patients with poor or absent …

Clinical benefit of thrombectomy in stroke patients with low ASPECTS is mediated by oedema reduction

G Broocks, U Hanning, F Flottmann, M Schönfeld… - Brain, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The impact of endovascular vessel recanalization on patients with a low initial Alberta Stroke
Program Early Computer Tomography Score (ASPECTS) is still uncertain. We hypothesized …

CT for treatment selection in acute ischemic stroke: a code stroke primer

CA Potter, AS Vagal, M Goyal, DB Nunez… - Radiographics, 2019 - pubs.rsna.org
CT is the primary imaging modality used for selecting appropriate treatment in patients with
acute stroke. Awareness of the typical findings, pearls, and pitfalls of CT image interpretation …

Endovascular treatment of acute ischemic stroke

GS Silva, RG Nogueira - Continuum: Lifelong Learning in …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
PURPOSE OF REVIEW This article reviews the actual indications for mechanical
thrombectomy in patients with acute ischemic stroke and how the opportunities for …

Role of imaging in current acute ischemic stroke workflow for endovascular therapy

BK Menon, BCV Campbell, C Levi, M Goyal - Stroke, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
Ischemic stroke is caused by a thrombus that blocks an intracranial artery. Brain tissue
beyond the blocked artery survives for a variable period of time because of blood and …

Initial hospital management of patients with emergent large vessel occlusion (ELVO): report of the standards and guidelines committee of the Society of …

RA McTaggart, SA Ansari, M Goyal… - Journal of …, 2017 - jnis.bmj.com
Objective To summarize the current literature regarding the initial hospital management of
patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) secondary to emergent large vessel occlusion …

CTA collateral status and response to recanalization in patients with acute ischemic stroke

V Nambiar, SI Sohn, MA Almekhlafi… - American journal …, 2014 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Collateral status at baseline is an independent
determinant of clinical outcome among patients with acute ischemic stroke. We sought to …

Blood pressure and penumbral sustenance in stroke from large vessel occlusion

RW Regenhardt, AS Das, CJ Stapleton… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The global burden of stroke remains high, and of the various subtypes of stroke, large vessel
occlusions (LVOs) account for the largest proportion of stroke-related death and disability …