Background and Purpose-The goals of this study were to examine MRI baseline characteristics of patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) and to study the influence of intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) on MR parameters and functional outcome using a multicenter approach. Methods-In this open-label, nonrandomized study of AIS patients with suspected anterior circulation stroke, subjects received a multiparametric stroke MRI protocol (diffusion-and perfusion-weighted imaging and MR angiography) within 6 hours after symptom onset and on follow-up. Patients were treated either with tPA (thrombolysis group) or conservatively (no thrombolysis group). Functional outcome was assessed on day 90 (modified Rankin Score; mRS).
Background and Purpose-We investigated whether transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) before stroke can induce tolerance by raising the threshold of tissue vulnerability in the human brain. Methods-Sixty-five patients with first-ever ischemic territorial stroke received diffusion-and perfusion-weighted MRI within 12 hours of symptom onset. Epidemiological and clinical data, lesion volumes in T2, apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) maps and perfusion maps, and cerebral blood flow and cerebral blood volume values were compared between patients with and without a prodromal TIA. Results-Despite similar size and severity of the perfusion deficit, initial diffusion lesions tended to be smaller and final infarct volumes were significantly reduced (final T2: 9.
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