Magnetic Resonance Imaging-DRAGON Score
Author(s) -
Guillaume Turc,
Marion Apoil,
Olivier Naggara,
David Calvet,
Catherine Lamy,
Alina Tataru,
JeanFrançois Meder,
JeanLouis Mas,
JeanClaude Baron,
Catherine Oppenheim,
Emmanuel Touzé
Publication year - 2013
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.111.000127
Subject(s) - medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , middle cerebral artery , modified rankin scale , confidence interval , stroke (engine) , radiology , thrombolysis , internal carotid artery , computed tomography angiography , magnetic resonance angiography , angiography , nuclear medicine , ischemia , ischemic stroke , mechanical engineering , myocardial infarction , engineering
The DRAGON score, which includes clinical and computed tomographic scan parameters, showed a high specificity to predict 3-month outcome in patients with acute ischemic stroke treated by intravenous tissue plasminogen activator. We adapted the score for patients undergoing MRI as the first-line diagnostic tool.
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