Anatomy of Stroke, Part I
Caviness V, Makris N, Montinaro E, Sahin N, Bates J, Schwamm L, Caplan D, Kennedy D. Anatomy of Stroke, Part I. Stroke 2002, 33: 2549-2556. PMID: 12411641, DOI: 10.1161/01.str.0000036083.90045.08.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMCA territoryVolumetric analysisDistribution of infarctsTopography of infarctionTreatment of strokePerfusion-weighted imagingCorrelation of outcomesEmbolic strokeAcute eventClinical correlatesUnderlying pathophysiologyVascular territoriesLesion volumeStroke lesionsClinical diagnosisStrokeTherapeutic agentsMRINeuroanatomic structuresInfarctsTopographic patternsInvolvementPotential benefitsPerfusion compartmentsInfarction‘Footprints’ of Transient Ischemic Attacks: A Diffusion-Weighted MRI Study
Ay H, Oliveira-Filho J, Buonanno F, Schaefer P, Furie K, Chang Y, Rordorf G, Schwamm L, Gonzalez R, Koroshetz W. ‘Footprints’ of Transient Ischemic Attacks: A Diffusion-Weighted MRI Study. Cerebrovascular Diseases 2002, 14: 177-186. PMID: 12403950, DOI: 10.1159/000065682.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransient ischemic attackFast fluid attenuated inversion recoveryDiffusion-weighted imagingIschemic attackDWI lesionsFocal neurologic symptomsHalf of patientsDiffusion-weighted MRI studiesFluid attenuated inversion recoveryAttenuated inversion recoveryBrain infarctionClinical characteristicsNeurologic symptomsConsecutive patientsIndependent predictorsIschemic injuryMotor symptomsRecent infarctionCerebrovascular abnormalitiesClinical syndromeVascular territoriesStroke mechanismMRI studiesPatientsInfarction