Clinical Diagnosis of Lacunar Stroke in the First 6 Hours After Symptom Onset
Author(s) -
Stephen Phillips,
Dingwei Dai,
Arnold Mitnitski,
Gordon Gubitz,
Karen C. Johnston,
Walter J. Koroshetz,
Karen L. Furie,
Sandra E. Black,
Darell Heiselman
Publication year - 2007
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/strokeaha.107.487744
Subject(s) - medicine , lacunar stroke , stroke (engine) , predictive value , acute stroke , clinical trial , disease , ischemic stroke , physical therapy , surgery , ischemia , mechanical engineering , tissue plasminogen activator , engineering
Although the pathophysiological heterogeneity of stroke may be highly relevant to the development of acute-phase therapies, discriminating between ischemic stroke subtypes soon after onset remains a challenge. We conducted a study of the accuracy of a clinical diagnosis of lacunar stroke in the first 6 hours after symptom onset.
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