Malignant CTA Collateral Profile Is Highly Specific for Large Admission DWI Infarct Core and Poor Outcome in Acute Stroke
Souza LC, Yoo AJ, Chaudhry ZA, Payabvash S, Kemmling A, Schaefer PW, Hirsch JA, Furie KL, González RG, Nogueira RG, Lev MH. Malignant CTA Collateral Profile Is Highly Specific for Large Admission DWI Infarct Core and Poor Outcome in Acute Stroke. American Journal Of Neuroradiology 2012, 33: 1331-1336. PMID: 22383238, PMCID: PMC3888794, DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a2985.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDWI lesion volumeLesion volumeDWI volumeNIHSS scorePoor outcomeHigher median NIHSS scoresROC analysisDWI lesion sizeLarger DWI volumeMedian NIHSS scoreAcute stroke treatmentAdmission NIHSS scoreOnly independent predictorPoor functional outcomeIntracranial ICA occlusionCTA collateralsAcute strokeICA occlusionProximal occlusionIndependent predictorsStroke treatmentInfarct sizeClinical variablesFunctional outcomeInfarct core