Prediction of malignant middle cerebral artery infarction by magnetic resonance imaging within 6 hours of symptom onset: A prospective multicenter observational study

Thomalla, Götz; Hartmann, Frank; Juettler, Eric; C. Singer, Oliver; Lehnhardt, Fritz‐Georg; Köhrmann, Martin; F. Kersten, Jan; Krützelmann, Anna; C. Humpich, Marek; Sobesky, Jan; Gerloff, Christian; Villringer, Arno; Fiehler, Jens; Neumann‐Haefelin, Tobias; D. Schellinger, Peter; Röther, Joachim; the Clinical Trial Net of the German Competence Network Stroke, for

doi:10.1002/ana.22125

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Prediction of malignant middle cerebral artery infarction by magnetic resonance imaging within 6 hours of symptom onset: A prospective multicenter observational study

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Götz Thomalla

Frank Hartmann

Eric Juettler

Abstract

Abstract Objective Early identification of patients at risk of space‐occupying “malignant” middle cerebral artery (MCA) infarction (MMI) is needed to enable timely decision for potentially life‐saving treatment such as decompressive hemicraniectomy. We tested the hypothesis that acute stroke magneti...

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