Addition of Hyperacute MRI Aids in Patient Selection, Decreasing the Use of Endovascular Stroke Therapy [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusions— Implementation of hyperacute MRI protocol decreases the number of endovascular stroke interventions by half. Further investigation of MRI use for patient selection is warranted.

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Source: Stroke - January 27, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Wisco, D., Uchino, K., Saqqur, M., Gebel, J. M., Aoki, J., Alam, S., George, P., Newey, C. R., Man, S., Tateishi, Y., McNeil, J., Winfield, M., Cheng-Ching, E., Hui, F. K., Toth, G., Bain, M., Rasmussen, P. A., Masaryk, T., Ruggieri, P., Hussain, M. S. Tags: Acute Cerebral Infarction, Computerized tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinical Sciences Source Type: research