The cerebral collateral circulation: relevance to pathophysiology and treatment of stroke

MD Ginsberg - Neuropharmacology, 2018 - Elsevier
The brain's collateral circulation consists of arterial anastomotic channels capable of
providing nutrient perfusion to brain regions whose normal sources of flow have become …

Advanced neuroimaging of acute ischemic stroke: penumbra and collateral assessment

JJ Heit, G Zaharchuk… - Neuroimaging …, 2018 - neuroimaging.theclinics.com
Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is the leading cause of disability in the United States and the
second-leading cause of death worldwide. 1 AIS is caused by embolic or thromboembolic …

Triaging transient ischemic attack and minor stroke patients using acute magnetic resonance imaging

SB Coutts, JE Simon, M Eliasziw… - Annals of Neurology …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
We examined whether the presence of diffusion‐weighted imaging (DWI) lesions and vessel
occlusion on acute brain magnetic resonance images of minor stroke and transient ischemic …

Assessment of intracranial atherosclerotic plaques using 3D black‐blood MRI: Comparison with 3D time‐of‐flight MRA and DSA

X Tian, B Tian, Z Shi, X Wu, W Peng… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Noninvasive assessment of intracranial stenosis is important to manage
ischemic stroke patients. However, few previous studies have compared 3D black‐blood …

Imaging Human Brain Perfusion with Inhaled Hyperpolarized 129Xe MR Imaging

MR Rao, NJ Stewart, PD Griffiths, G Norquay, JM Wild - Radiology, 2018 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To evaluate the feasibility of directly imaging perfusion of human brain tissue by
using magnetic resonance (MR) imaging with inhaled hyperpolarized xenon 129 (129Xe) …

An improved scoring system for identifying patients at high early risk of stroke and functional impairment after an acute transient ischemic attack or minor stroke

SB Coutts, M Eliasziw, MD Hill… - … Journal of Stroke, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Risk of a subsequent stroke following an acute transient ischemic attack (TIA) or
minor stroke is high. The ABCD2 tool was proposed as a method to triage these patients …

Value of contrast-enhanced MRA versus time-of-flight MRA in acute ischemic stroke MRI

T Boujan, U Neuberger, J Pfaff… - American Journal …, 2018 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Vessel imaging in acute ischemic stroke is essential to
select patients with large-vessel occlusion for mechanical thrombectomy. Our aim was to …

Thrombus imaging in acute stroke: correlation of thrombus length on susceptibility-weighted imaging with endovascular reperfusion success

C Weisstanner, PP Gratz, G Schroth, RK Verma… - European …, 2014 - Springer
Objectives Susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) enables visualization of thrombotic
material in acute ischemic stroke. We aimed to validate the accuracy of thrombus depiction …

Imaging brain collaterals: quantification, scoring, and potential significance

SB Raymond, PW Schaefer - Topics in Magnetic Resonance …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Leptomeningeal collaterals provide the primary source of perfusion to ischemic brain tissue
following the onset of acute ischemic stroke and are becoming an important imaging …

Imaging-based selection for endovascular treatment in stroke

K Nael, Y Sakai, P Khatri, CJ Prestigiacomo, J Puig… - Radiographics, 2019 - pubs.rsna.org
Treatment of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) has evolved significantly in the past few years.
Endovascular treatment (EVT) is now proved to be efficacious up to 24 hours from onset in …