Use of MRI to estimate the therapeutic window in acute stroke: is perfusion-weighted imaging/diffusion-weighted imaging mismatch an EPITHET for salvageable ischemic brain tissue?

Stroke. 2009 Jan;40(1):333-5. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.525683. Epub 2008 Oct 9.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease / therapy
  • Brain / blood supply
  • Brain / pathology*
  • Brain / physiopathology
  • Brain Ischemia / diagnosis*
  • Brain Ischemia / physiopathology
  • Brain Ischemia / therapy
  • Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
  • Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging / standards*
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Emergency Medical Services / methods
  • Emergency Medical Services / standards
  • Fibrinolytic Agents / administration & dosage
  • Humans
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / statistics & numerical data
  • Stroke / diagnosis*
  • Stroke / drug therapy
  • Stroke / physiopathology
  • Thrombolytic Therapy / methods
  • Thrombolytic Therapy / standards
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Fibrinolytic Agents