Location-weighted CTP analysis predicts early motor improvement in stroke
Payabvash S, Souza LC, Kamalian S, Wang Y, Passanese J, Kamalian S, Fung SH, Halpern EF, Schaefer PW, Gonzalez RG, Furie KL, Lev MH. Location-weighted CTP analysis predicts early motor improvement in stroke. Neurology 2012, 78: 1853-1859. PMID: 22573641, PMCID: PMC3369521, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e318258f799.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute stroke patientsAdmission NIHSSMotor improvementStroke patientsCT perfusionPredictive valueOnly independent clinical predictorMultivariate binary logistic regressionFrontal lobe white matterMultivariate modelIndependent clinical predictorsMotor functional improvementMotor function improvementNegative predictive valuePositive predictive valueSuperior temporal gyrusBinary logistic regressionExtremity paresisAcute strokeSymptom onsetClinical predictorsConsecutive patientsIndependent predictorsClinical outcomesImaging predictors