Asymptomatic Hemorrhagic Transformation after Acute Ischemic Stroke: Is It Clinically Innocuous?

Whether asymptomatic hemorrhagic transformation (HT) is clinically innocuous, that is, unassociated with clinically detectable neurologic deterioration, remains an open question. To explore this, we examined whether asymptomatic HT affects long-term poor outcome and risk of stroke recurrence.

Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - October 11, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Chunyan Lei, Bo Wu, Ming Liu, Yanchao Chen Source Type: research