Addition of Hyperacute MRI Aids in Patient Selection, Decreasing the Use of Endovascular Stroke Therapy
Author(s) -
Dolora Wisco,
Ken Uchino,
Maher Saqqur,
James Gebel,
Junya Aoki,
Shazia Alam,
Pravin George,
Christopher R. Newey,
Shumei Man,
Yohei Tateishi,
Julie McNeil,
Michelle Winfield,
Esteban ChengChing,
Ferdinand Hui,
Gábor Tóth,
Mark Bain,
Peter A. Rasmussen,
Thomas J. Masaryk,
Paul Ruggieri,
Muhammad Shazam Hussain
Publication year - 2014
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.113.003880
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , odds ratio , modified rankin scale , stroke (engine) , computed tomography angiography , radiology , occlusion , magnetic resonance imaging , angiography , multivariate analysis , ischemic stroke , ischemia , mechanical engineering , engineering
The failure of recent trials to show the effectiveness of acute endovascular stroke therapy (EST) may be because of inadequate patient selection. We implemented a protocol to perform pretreatment MRI on patients with large-vessel occlusion eligible for EST to aid in patient selection.
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