2008
CT Angiography-Source Image Hypoattenuation Predicts Clinical Outcome in Posterior Circulation Strokes Treated With Intra-Arterial Therapy
Schaefer P, Yoo A, Bell D, Barak E, Romero J, Nogueira R, Lev M, Schwamm L, Gonzalez R, Hirsch J. CT Angiography-Source Image Hypoattenuation Predicts Clinical Outcome in Posterior Circulation Strokes Treated With Intra-Arterial Therapy. Stroke 2008, 39: 3107-3109. PMID: 18703807, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.108.517680.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntra-arterial thrombolysisVertebrobasilar occlusionClinical outcomesParenchymal hypoattenuationRankin scorePosterior circulation strokeHealth Stroke ScaleIntra-arterial therapyOnly independent predictorIndependent outcome predictorsMedial temporal lobeInferior parietal lobeStroke ScaleClot locationPatient ageCTA-SIIndependent predictorsOutcome predictorsOccipital lobeHypoattenuationTemporal lobeThrombolysisParietal lobePatientsMidbrain
2001
Unilateral Temporal Lobe Stroke Causing Ischemic Transient Global Amnesia: Role for Diffusion‐Weighted Imaging in the Initial Evaluation
Greer D, Schaefer P, Schwamm L. Unilateral Temporal Lobe Stroke Causing Ischemic Transient Global Amnesia: Role for Diffusion‐Weighted Imaging in the Initial Evaluation. Journal Of Neuroimaging 2001, 11: 317-319. PMID: 11462302, DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2001.tb00054.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransient global amnesiaDiffusion-weighted imagingInitial diffusion-weighted imagingLeft mesial temporal lobeSmall ischemic lesionsApparent diffusion coefficient imagingMesial temporal lobeOnset of symptomsT2-weighted imagingIschemic infarctIschemic lesionsAcute infarctsGlobal amnesiaTemporal lobeInitial evaluationEarly detectionInfarctsLesionsSymptomsImagingMagnetic resonanceDaysIschemiaEmboliPatients