2018
Neuroimaging Paradigms to Identify Patients for Reperfusion Therapy in Stroke of Unknown Onset
Etherton M, Barreto A, Schwamm L, Wu O. Neuroimaging Paradigms to Identify Patients for Reperfusion Therapy in Stroke of Unknown Onset. Frontiers In Neurology 2018, 9: 327. PMID: 29867736, PMCID: PMC5962731, DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2018.00327.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchReperfusion therapyIschemic strokeSalvageable ischemic tissueAcute ischemic strokePivotal clinical trialsTreatment of patientsNumber of patientsRisk of infarctionLow treatment ratesUnwitnessed strokeIntravenous alteplaseEndovascular thrombectomyHospital arrivalStroke onsetRevascularization therapySalvageable tissueUnknown onsetClinical trialsClinical dilemmaIschemic tissueStroke researchPatientsTreatment ratesStrokeTherapy
2006
First-pass quantitative CT perfusion identifies thresholds for salvageable penumbra in acute stroke patients treated with intra-arterial therapy.
Schaefer P, Roccatagliata L, Ledezma C, Hoh B, Schwamm L, Koroshetz W, Gonzalez R, Lev M. First-pass quantitative CT perfusion identifies thresholds for salvageable penumbra in acute stroke patients treated with intra-arterial therapy. American Journal Of Neuroradiology 2006, 27: 20-5. PMID: 16418350, PMCID: PMC7976067.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCerebral blood volumeAcute stroke patientsCT perfusionStroke patientsCBF ratioGray matterWhite matterAbsolute cerebral blood volumeCBV ratioIntra-arterial therapyIschemic brain tissueQuantitative CT perfusionDynamic CT perfusionIA therapyRecanalization therapyStroke onsetSalvageable penumbraInfarct coreIschemic tissueUninvolved regionsIschemic regionBlood volumeCBF valuesPatientsBrain tissue
2001
Heterogeneous spatial-temporal evolution of DWI/PWI in human cerebral ischemia
Wu O, Schwamm L, Koroshetz W, Gonzalez R, Pan V, Benner T, Copen W, Ostergaard L, Sorensen A. Heterogeneous spatial-temporal evolution of DWI/PWI in human cerebral ischemia. Stroke 2001, 32: 348-348. DOI: 10.1161/str.32.suppl_1.348-d.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCerebral blood flowHuman cerebral ischemiaDWI/PWICerebral blood volumeMean transit timeApparent diffusion coefficientFractional anisotropyCerebral ischemiaRim tissueHuman ischemic strokeElevated fractional anisotropyTwo-sample t-testDWI abnormalitiesInitial DWIIschemic strokeMCA territoryAcute stageIschemic coreSalvageable tissueIntralesional heterogeneityIschemic tissueBlood flowBlood volumeRisk tissuePatients