Response to Letter by Nishikawa Regarding Article, “Blood Pressure Reduction, Decreased Diffusion on MRI, and Outcomes After Intracerebral Hemorrhage” | Zendy

Andrew M. Naidech | Zendy; Matthew B. Maas | Zendy; Alexander J. Nemeth | Zendy; Eric J. Russell | Zendy

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Response to Letter by Nishikawa Regarding Article, “Blood Pressure Reduction, Decreased Diffusion on MRI, and Outcomes After Intracerebral Hemorrhage”

Author(s) -

Andrew M. Naidech,

Matthew B. Maas,

Alexander J. Nemeth,

Eric J. Russell

Publication year - 2011

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.111.643007

Subject(s) - intracerebral hemorrhage , medicine , blood pressure , brain hemorrhage , subarachnoid hemorrhage

Response:Nishikawa1 notes that we found a high incidence of decreased diffusion (DD) in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage compared with other studies. We are glad that he agrees, and his unpublished data confirm, that whether DD is common is not the issue, but rather, how common it is. A few methodological differences may account for the differences between cohorts. Patients in the sample reported by …

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