Stroke

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Stroke

Diagnosis, Imaging, and Screening

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Awareness of Stroke Warning Signs --- 17 States and the U.S. Virgin Islands, 2001

Diagnosis of stroke on neuroimaging

Scan immediately for stroke using MRI when possible

Transient Ischemic Attacks: Part I. Diagnosis and Evaluation

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

A population-based study of acute stroke and TIA diagnosis (NEUROLOGY)

Acute stroke assessment with CT: do we need multimodal evaluation? (Radiology)

Age and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale Score within 6 hours after onset are accurate predictors of outcome after cerebral ischemia: development and external validation of prognostic models. (Stroke)

Assessment of transient ischemic attack with diffusion- and perfusion-weighted imaging. (AJNR Am J Neuroradiol)

Cerebral angiography in the assessment of acute cerebral ischemia: guidelines and recommendations. (J Vasc Interv Radiol)

Comparison of MRI and CT for Detection of Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage (JAMA)

Comparison of perfusion computed tomography with diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in hyperacute ischemic stroke. (J Comput Assist Tomogr)

Comparison of Perfusion Computed Tomography and Computed Tomography Angiography Source Images With Perfusion-Weighted Imaging and Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in Patients With Acute Stroke of Less Than 6 Hours' Duration. (Stroke)

Demographic and CT scan features related to cognitive impairment in the first year after stroke. (J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry)

Diffusion-weighted MRI in 300 patients presenting late with subacute transient ischemic attack or minor stroke. (Stroke)

Does the acute diffusion-weighted imaging lesion represent penumbra as well as core? A combined quantitative PET/MRI voxel-based study. (J Cereb Blood Flow Metab)

DWI abnormalities and clinical characteristics in TIA patients (NEUROLOGY)

Early and late recurrence of ischemic lesion on MRI: evidence for a prolonged stroke-prone state? (Neurology)

Early CT changes and outcome of ischemic stroke (European Journal of Neurology)

Extent and Distribution of White Matter Hyperintensities in Stroke Patients. The Sydney Stroke Study. (Stroke)

Functional and Cognitive Consequences of Silent Stroke Discovered Using Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging in an Elderly Population (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society)

Functional imaging in stroke recovery. (Stroke)

Hemorrhage in the Atherosclerotic Carotid Plaque: A High-Resolution MRI Study. (Stroke)

Higher Risk of Further Vascular Events Among Transient Ischemic Attack Patients With Diffusion-Weighted Imaging Acute Ischemic Lesions (Stroke)

Hourly blood pressure monitoring after intravenous tissue plasminogen activator for ischemic stroke: does everyone need it? (Stroke)

Hyperacute imaging of ischemic stroke: role in therapeutic management. (Curr Cardiol Rep. 2005)

Identification by CT scan of ischemic stroke patients with high risk of brain death. (Transplant Proc)

Identifying thresholds for penumbra and irreversible tissue damage. (Stroke)

Imaging of acute stroke: State of the art. (Semin Vasc Surg)

Imaging of carotid arteries in symptomatic patients: cost-effectiveness of diagnostic strategies. (Radiology)

Imaging the ischaemic penumbra. (Curr Opin Neurol)

Imaging viable brain tissue with CT scan during acute stroke. (Cerebrovasc Dis)

Immediate Computed Tomography Scanning of Acute Stroke Is Cost-Effective and Improves Quality of Life (Stroke)

In which patients is diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging most useful in routine stroke care? (J Neuroimaging)

Initial Misdiagnosis and Outcome After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (JAMA)

Is retinal photography useful in the measurement of stroke risk? (Lancet Neurol)

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Criteria for Thrombolysis in Acute Cerebral Infarct. (Stroke)

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Improves Detection of Intracerebral Hemorrhage Over Computed Tomography After Intra-Arterial Thrombolysis (Stroke)

[Magnetic resonance imaging of subarachnoid hemorrhage] (Rofo Fortschr Geb Rontgenstr Neuen Bildgeb Verfahr)

Molecular and Metabolic Imaging of Atherosclerosis. (J Nucl Med)

Multi-Slice CT angiography in diagnosing total versus near occlusions of the internal carotid artery: comparison with catheter angiography. (Stroke)

Prediction of stroke by self-measurement of blood pressure at home versus casual screening blood pressure measurement in relation to the Joint National Committee 7 classification: the Ohasama study (Stroke)

Sensitivity of the neuroimaging techniques in ischemic stroke. (Med Arh)

Stroke Magnetic Resonance Imaging Is Accurate in Hyperacute Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Multicenter Study on the Validity of Stroke Imaging (Stroke)

The clinical significance of diffusion-weighted MR imaging in infratentorial strokes (Neurology)

Use of MRI in the identification and treatment of early ischemic stroke lesions (CMAJ)

[Value of modern CT techniques in the diagnosis of acute stroke] (Radiologe)

What is the best imaging strategy for acute stroke? (Health Technol Assess)

White Matter Hyperintensity on Cranial Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Stroke)

White Matter Hyperintensity on Cranial Magnetic Resonance Imaging. A Predictor of Stroke. (Stroke)

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