Two-Layered Susceptibility Vessel Sign on 3-Tesla T2*-Weighted Imaging Is a Predictive Biomarker of Stroke Subtype
Author(s) -
Nobuaki Yamamoto,
Junichiro Satomi,
Yoshiteru Tada,
Masafumi Harada,
Yuishin Izumi,
Shinji Nagahiro,
Ryuji Kaji
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.114.007227
Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , cardiology , odds ratio , biomarker , internal carotid artery , occlusion , radiology , mechanical engineering , biochemistry , chemistry , engineering
A susceptibility vessel sign (SVS) on 1.5-tesla (T)-T2*-weighted images may predict cardioembolism. It has also been detected in patients with large artery atherosclerosis. In patients with major vessel occlusion, the SVS was comprised 2 layers on 3T-T2*-weighted images. We assessed the efficacy of 2-layered SVS on 3T-T2*-weighted imaging scans for predicting cardioembolism.
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