Diffusion-perfusion MR evaluation of perihematomal injury in hyperacute intracerebral hemorrhage

S. Kidwell, Chelsea; L. Saver, Jeffrey; Mattiello, James; Warach, S.; S. Liebeskind, David; Starkman, Sidney; Vespa, Paul; Pablo Villablanca, J.; A. Martin, Neil; G. Frazee, John; R. Alger, Jeffry

doi:10.1212/wnl.57.9.1611

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Diffusion-perfusion MR evaluation of perihematomal injury in hyperacute intracerebral hemorrhage

Published in Neurology • Nov 13, 2001

Authors:

Chelsea S. Kidwell

Jeffrey L. Saver

James Mattiello

Abstract

BACKGROUND: It has been suggested that a zone of perihematomal ischemia analogous to an ischemic penumbra exists in patients with primary intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Diffusion-perfusion MRI provides a novel means of assessing injury in perihematomal regions in patients with ICH. OBJECTIVE: To ch...

Subject

Medicine

Penumbra

Intracerebral hemorrhage

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