Acute stroke imaging: recent updates
Dubey, Prachi ; Pandey, Sachin ; Moonis, Gul
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Acute ischemic stroke imaging is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. Neuroimaging plays a crucial role in early diagnosis and yields essential information regarding tissue integrity, a factor that remains a key therapeutic determinant. Given the widespread public health implications of stroke and central role of neuroimaging in overall management, acute stroke imaging remains a heavily debated, extensively researched, and rapidly evolving subject. There has been recent debate in the scientific community due to divided opinions on the use of CT perfusion and access-related limitations of MRI. In this paper we review and summarize recent updates relevant to acute stroke imaging and propose an imaging paradigm based on the recently available evidence.
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Stroke Res Treat. 2013;2013:767212. doi: 10.1155/2013/767212. Epub 2013 Jul 18. Link to article on publisher's site