Imaging
I still have nightmares about taking tests - Bruce Jenner
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Imaging in Acute Stroke—New Options and State of the Art
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This development in imaging has answered to the needs of the introduction of acute vascular recanalization treatments in ischemic stroke, which has revolutionized the area. I.V. thrombolysis…
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The role of CT and MR in stroke patients
Different imaging methods are available to assess patients presenting with stroke symptoms. The remainder of this blog post will discuss and compare the standard choice of non-contrast CT (NCCT), to the more advanced modalities of CT angiography (CTA) and CT perfusion. Also, several MR techniques including MR angiography and MR perfusion will be assessed, concluding with catheter angiography.
Imaging Approaches to Stroke and Neurovascular Disease
Imaging maintains a critical and growing role in the care of stroke patients, broadly spanning diagnosis, prognostication, therapy selection, and treatment monitoring.
What is new in stroke imaging and intervention?
A more detailed examination of advanced brain imaging in acute stroke is presented. The recent evidence for endovascular mechanical thrombectomy in acute stroke is reviewed. The implications of delivering thrombectomy are discussed.
Imaging in Acute Stroke
Rapid evaluation of acute stroke patients will increase as the population ages and acute therapies expand. One significant aspect in the evaluation of acute ischemic stroke patients is imaging. Currently in the United States, noncontrast computed tomography (CT) remains the primary imaging modality for the initial evaluation of patients with suspected stroke.
Open Access Imaging and Treatment of Patients with Acute Stroke: An Evidence-Based Review
The aim of this review was to summarize the best available evidence for the diagnostic and therapeutic management of patients with acute ischemic stroke.
Update on Emergency Imaging of Acute Ischemic Stroke
Computed tomography is the initial imaging evaluation of choice in patients with clinically suspected acute stroke due to its wide availability, short exam duration, and high presumed negative predictive value for acute intracranial hemorrhage (ICH).
Imaging in Acute Stroke—New Options and State of the Art
During the last two decades, the state of art imaging in acute stroke has developed from non-contrast CT performed within 7 days to including hyperacute imaging including both angiographic and perfusion imaging.
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