Intra-Arterial rtPA Treatment of Stroke Assessed by Diffusion- and Perfusion-Weighted MRI
Author(s) -
Maarten G. Lansberg,
David Tong,
Alexander Norbash,
Midori A. Yenari,
Michael E. Moseley
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/01.str.30.3.678
Subject(s) - medicine , perfusion , thrombolysis , diffusion mri , stroke (engine) , radiology , hyperintensity , angiography , magnetic resonance angiography , tissue plasminogen activator , perfusion scanning , magnetic resonance imaging , cerebral blood flow , nuclear medicine , cardiology , mechanical engineering , myocardial infarction , engineering
Diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI) and perfusion-weighted MRI (PWI) are new techniques that can be used for the evaluation of acute ischemic stroke. However, their potential role in the management of patients treated with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) has yet to be determined.
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