Prediction of Clinical Outcome After Acute Ischemic Stroke [Brief Report]

Conclusions—Follow-up imaging after 3 days improves outcome prediction compared with prediction based on baseline variables alone. CTA recanalization and CTP reperfusion do not outperform noncontrast CT at this time point.Clinical Trial Registration—URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT00880113.

Source: Stroke - August 28, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Jan W. Dankbaar, Alexander D. Horsch, Andor F. van den Hoven, L. Jaap Kappelle, Irene C. van der Schaaf, Tom van Seeters, Birgitta K. Velthuis Tags: Computerized Tomography (CT), Prognosis, Ischemic Stroke Brief Reports Source Type: research