Contrast extravasation on CT predicts mortality in primary intracerebral hemorrhage.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Recent studies of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) treatments have highlighted the need to identify reliable predictors of hematoma expansion. The goal of this study was to determine whether contrast extravasation on multisection CT angiography (CTA) and/or contrast-enhanced CT (CECT) of the brain is associated with hematoma expansion and increased mortality in patients with primary ICH.

Materials and methods

All patients with primary ICH who underwent CTA and CECT, as well as follow-up noncontrast CT (NCCT) before discharge/death from January 1, 2003, to September 30, 2005, were retrospectively identified. One neuroradiologist reviewed admission and follow-up NCCT for hematoma size and growth. A second neuroradiologist independently reviewed CTA and CEC

SUBMITTER: Kim J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8118895 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature