Acute CT perfusion changes in seizure patients presenting to the emergency department with stroke-like symptoms: correlation with clinical and electroencephalography findings
Payabvash S, Oswood MC, Truwit CL, McKinney AM. Acute CT perfusion changes in seizure patients presenting to the emergency department with stroke-like symptoms: correlation with clinical and electroencephalography findings. Clinical Radiology 2015, 70: 1136-1143. PMID: 26155937, DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2015.06.078.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRelative cerebral blood flowRelative mean transit timeStroke-like symptomsSeizure patientsPerfusion changesClinical presentationEmergency departmentCTP examinationAcute stroke-like presentationAcute stroke-like symptomsNon-focal neurological deficitsSpeech deficitsStroke-like presentationSubset of patientsDifferent clinical presentationsCerebral blood flowEloquent brain regionsAdmission CTPElectroencephalography findingsNeurological deficitsSymptom onsetSuch patientsEarly followEEG findingsUnilateral motorComparison of CT perfusion summary maps to early diffusion-weighted images in suspected acute middle cerebral artery stroke
Benson J, Payabvash S, Salazar P, Jagadeesan B, Palmer CS, Truwit CL, McKinney AM. Comparison of CT perfusion summary maps to early diffusion-weighted images in suspected acute middle cerebral artery stroke. European Journal Of Radiology 2015, 84: 682-689. PMID: 25623829, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2014.12.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlberta Stroke Program Early CT ScoreASPECTS scoreAcute middle cerebral artery strokeMiddle cerebral artery strokeAge-matched patientsDWI infarct volumeDiffusion-weighted imagingInfarct volumePositive patientsSymptom onsetArtery strokeCT scoreDiffusion-weighted imagesInfarct coreCTP examinationDWI volumePatientsDWIInfarctsScores