Magnetic resonance perfusion imaging provides a significant tool for the identification of cardioembolic stroke.

In conclusion, perfusion MRI could be a reliable tool to identify cardioembolic stroke with its lower collateral. This is important as it could be used to reveal the exact mechanism and provide supportive evidence to classify a stroke.
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Source: Current Neurovascular Research - August 31, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Lin C, Tsai YH, Lee JD, Weng HH, Yang JT, Lin LC, Lin YH, Wu CY, Huang YC, Hsu HL, Lee M, Hsu CY, Pan YT, Huang YC Tags: Curr Neurovasc Res Source Type: research