MR perfusion lesions after TIA or minor stroke are associated with new infarction at 7 days

Conclusions:
Our results showed that 30% of the acute focal PWI lesions detected after a TIA are associated with a new BI at 1 week. Those new BIs may result from the progression of the initial ischemic injury.

Source: Neurology - June 12, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Lee, J., Inoue, M., Mlynash, M., Mann, S. K., Cereda, C. W., Ke, M., Albers, G. W., Olivot, J. M. Tags: Stroke prevention, MRI ARTICLE Source Type: research