Characterization and evolution of diffusion MR imaging abnormalities in stroke patients undergoing intra-arterial thrombolysis.
Schaefer P, Hassankhani A, Putman C, Sorensen A, Schwamm L, Koroshetz W, Gonzalez R. Characterization and evolution of diffusion MR imaging abnormalities in stroke patients undergoing intra-arterial thrombolysis. American Journal Of Neuroradiology 2004, 25: 951-7. PMID: 15205129, PMCID: PMC7975652.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntra-arterial thrombolysisDiffusion-weighted imagingDWI findingsDWI ratioADC ratioReperfusion therapyAcute strokeApparent diffusion coefficientInitial diffusion-weighted imagingPretreatment diffusion-weighted imagingADC valuesRespective mean changesEventual infarctionAcute occlusionAnterior circulationStroke patientsLesion volumeMean changePatientsThrombolysisLesion growthMR imagingTissue viabilityLesionsInfarction