Impaired Distal Perfusion Predicts Length of Hospital Stay in Patients with Symptomatic Middle Cerebral Artery Stenosis
Yaghi S, de Havenon A, Honda T, Hinman JD, Raychev R, Sharma LK, Kim S, Feldmann E, Romano JG, Prabhakaran S, Liebeskind DS. Impaired Distal Perfusion Predicts Length of Hospital Stay in Patients with Symptomatic Middle Cerebral Artery Stenosis. Journal Of Neuroimaging 2021, 31: 475-479. PMID: 33565162, PMCID: PMC8119309, DOI: 10.1111/jon.12839.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransient ischemic attackMCA stenosisPerfusion delayPerfusion imagingSymptomatic middle cerebral artery stenosisMiddle cerebral artery stenosisSymptomatic MCA stenosisComprehensive stroke centerSymptomatic intracranial stenosisCerebral artery stenosisContinuous variablesHospital stayIschemic attackIschemic strokeStenosis patientsStroke centersSymptom onsetConsecutive patientsArtery stenosisIntracranial stenosisProspective studyRetrospective studyPredicts LengthInclusion criteriaMismatch volume