MRI Detection of Early Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption
Author(s) -
Niels Hjort,
Ona Wu,
Mahmoud Ashkanian,
Christine Sølling,
Kim Mouridsen,
Søren Christensen,
Carsten Gyldensted,
Grethe Andersen,
Leif Østergaard
Publication year - 2008
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.107.497719
Subject(s) - medicine , fluid attenuated inversion recovery , thrombolysis , cerebrospinal fluid , stroke (engine) , hyperintensity , magnetic resonance imaging , perfusion scanning , perfusion , blood–brain barrier , prospective cohort study , radiology , nuclear medicine , cardiology , pathology , central nervous system , myocardial infarction , mechanical engineering , engineering
Blood-brain barrier disruption may be a predictor of hemorrhagic transformation (HT) in ischemic stroke. We hypothesize that parenchymal enhancement (PE) on postcontrast T1-weighted MRI predicts and localizes subsequent HT.
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