Incremental Value of Computed Tomography Perfusion for Final Infarct Prediction in Acute Ischemic Cerebellar Stroke.

ABSTRACT: Background The diagnosis of ischemic cerebellar stroke is challenging because of nonspecific symptoms and very limited accuracy of commonly applied computed tomography (CT) imaging. Advances in CT perfusion imaging provide increasing value in the detection of posterior circulation stroke, but the prognostic value remains unclear. We aimed to identify imaging parameters that predict morphologic outcome in cerebellar stroke patients using advanced CT including whole-brain CT perfusion (WB-CTP). Methods and Results We selected all subjects with cerebellar WB-CTP perfusion deficits and follow-up-confirmed cerebellar infarction from a consecutive cohort with suspected stroke who underwent WB-CTP. Posterior-circulation-Acute-Stroke-Prognosis-Early-CT-Score (pc-ASPECTS) was determined on noncontr

SUBMITTER: Fabritius MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6898835 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature