Wake-Up Stroke: Clinical and Neuroimaging Characteristics
Author(s) -
Gisele Sampaio Silva,
Fabrício Oliveira Lima,
Erica C. Camargo,
Wade S. Smith,
Aneesh B. Singhal,
David M. Greer,
Hakan Ay,
Michael H. Lev,
Gordon J. Harris,
Elkan F. Halpern,
Shruti Sonni,
Walter J. Koroshetz,
Karen L. Furie
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
cerebrovascular diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1421-9786
pISSN - 1015-9770
DOI - 10.1159/000278929
Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , thrombolysis , cardiology , perfusion scanning , neuroimaging , population , brain ischemia , ischemia , perfusion , radiology , psychiatry , myocardial infarction , engineering , mechanical engineering , environmental health
Approximately 25% of ischemic stroke patients awaken with neurological deficits. In these patients, in whom the time from symptom onset is uncertain, brain imaging is a potential strategy to characterize the ischemia duration and the presence of salvageable brain tissue.
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