A multicentre study has reported that clot perviousness or permeability, the ability for contrast used during the initial imaging workup to seep through a... Modifying BACTRAC protocol provides first chance to study local leukocyte populations... 24 August 2020 A new study released at the Soc...
Pregnancy testing: A urine pregnancy test should be obtained for all women of childbearing age with stroke symptoms; recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-PA) is a pregnancy class C agent See Workup for more detail. Management The goal for the emergent management of stroke is to com...
(CT or MRI); 3) extra- and intracranial vascular investigations (carotid doppler/tran scranial doppler, MRA, CT angiography, or conventional angi ography); 4) cardiac evaluation (electrocardiogram, echocar diography, and Holter monitoring); and 5) other workup for ...
Evaluation of patients presenting with a suspected brainstem stroke includes vital signs, oxygen saturation, blood pressure, pulse rate, respiratory rate, fingerstick blood glucose levels, and noncontrast computed tomography (CT) scan of the head or brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). A noncontra...
4,5 Diagnosis of CEAD Four-vessel conventional angiography, MRI with MR angiography (3-dimensional time of flight), and/or CT angiography of the brain and neck were included in the diagnostic workup. The presence of the double-lumen sign (a false lumen or an intimal flap), luminal ...
However, even in settings with extensive diagnostic workup, up to 30% of stroke cases are classified as undetermined, leaving these patients without specific treatment (6). Although a diagnosis of large artery stroke (LAS) typically requires stenosis >50% (5), there are obvious limitations to ...
The preliminary cardiac evaluation must be directed towards evaluating both the electrophysiologic status of the heart as well as structural and functional status. As such, workup must include a 12-lead ECG and transthoracic echocardiography for all patients. ...
Findings of a CT scan of the head without contrast, and intracranial CT angiogram are both normal. Brain MRI without contrast reveals an acute infarct: the left corona radiata, the posterior limb of the internal capsule, and the posterior left putamen are involved. ...
Dissections typically show a false lumen and bright wall components on non−contrast-enhanced T1 MRI imaging as a result of methemoglobin representing intramural hematoma.1 This was not observed in our patients. Furthermore, vasculitis was an unlikely cause, since patients with vasculitis typically...
Cases with a history of malignant disorders, infections, cardiovascular diseases and peripheral vascular diseases, atrial fibrillation, cerebrovascular malformations, brain tumors and traumatic cerebrovascular diseases were excluded. According to the clinical features and the results of diagnostic workup, the ...