Prominent cortical and medullary veins on susceptibility-weighted images of acute ischaemic stroke
Payabvash S, Benson JC, Taleb S, Rykken JB, Hoffman B, Oswood MC, McKinney AM. Prominent cortical and medullary veins on susceptibility-weighted images of acute ischaemic stroke. British Journal Of Radiology 2016, 89: 20160714. PMID: 27805839, PMCID: PMC5604931, DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20160714.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute ischemic strokeLarger infarct volumesMedullary veinsIschemic strokeInfarct volumeArterial occlusionSusceptibility-weighted imagesConsecutive patientsClinical outcomesCortical veinsProminent cortical veinsPosterior circulation territoryPoor clinical outcomeSeverity of symptomsFair interobserver agreementSWI seriesAcute strokeSymptom onsetIndependent predictorsClinical variablesSWI scansPatientsStrokeImaging implicationsProminent veins