Book chapter
Imaging of Acute Ischemic Stroke
Acute Stroke Management in the Era of Thrombectomy, pp.15-24
Springer International Publishing
06/23/2019
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-17535-1_2
Abstract
Brain and cerebrovascular imaging play a critical role in acute ischemic stroke treatment. The choice of imaging modalities and techniques depends on several factors, such as severity of symptoms and time from symptom onset, as well as the interventions being considered, namely, intravenous thrombolysis and endovascular thrombectomy (ET). While computed tomography (CT) is the main imaging used for patient triage, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may be used in specific scenarios such as stroke mimics. It is very important to streamline a stroke imaging protocol in every hospital to expedite treatment decisions and standardize treatment algorithms. CT perfusion (CTP) may be used to triage patients for ET after 6 hours from symptom onset. In this chapter we discuss CT and CTP as the main imaging modalities for stroke triage, and we share our acute ischemic stroke imaging protocol.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Imaging of Acute Ischemic Stroke
- Creators
- Girish Bathla - Department of Radiology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, USABruno Policeni - Department of Radiology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, USAColin P Derdeyn - Department of Radiology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, USA
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Acute Stroke Management in the Era of Thrombectomy, pp.15-24
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-17535-1_2
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing; Cham
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/23/2019
- Academic Unit
- Neurology; Radiology; Oral Pathology, Radiology and Medicine; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Neurosurgery; Otolaryngology
- Record Identifier
- 9984071639502771
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