Early Neurologic Deterioration after Stroke Depends on Vascular Territory and Stroke Etiology.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Early neurologic deterioration (END) occurs in up to one-third of patients with ischemic stroke and is associated with poor outcomes. The purpose of the present study was to determine which stroke etiologies and vascular distributions pose a greater threat of END in stroke patients.

Methods

Using a single-center registry of prospectively maintained clinical data, adult ischemic stroke patients admitted (July 2008 to June 2014) within 48 hours of symptom onset were evaluated according to stroke etiology and vascular distribution using diffusion-weighted MRI. Major stroke etiologies were divided into cardioembolic, large vessel, small vessel, other, unknown source, and multiple possible etiologies. END was defined as a worsening of 2 or more points on th

SUBMITTER: Siegler JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4901951 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature