Delayed increase in infarct volume after cerebral ischemia - Correlations with thrombolytic treatment and clinical outcome
Delayed increase in infarct volume after cerebral ischemia - Correlations with thrombolytic treatment and clinical outcome
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DOI:
10.1161/01.str.30.3.502
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发表时间:
1999-03-01
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8.3
通讯作者:
von Kummer, R
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作者:
Pantano, P;Caramia, F;von Kummer, R
Background and Purpose-Growing experimental evidence indicates that the development of cerebral ischemic damage is slower than previously believed. The aims of this work were (1) to study the evolution of CT hypoattenuation between 24 to 36 hours and 7 days in ischemic stroke patients; (2) to evaluate whether thrombolytic treatment given within 6 hours of stroke affects delayed infarction evolution; and (3) to investigate possible correlations between lesion volume changes over time and clinical outcome,Methods-Of 620 patients included in the European Cooperative Acute Stroke Study 1 (ECASS1), we selected 450 patients whose control CT scans at day 1 (CT1) and day 7 (CT7) were available. They had been randomly divided into 2 groups: 206 patients had been treated with rtPA and 244 with placebo. CT1 and CT7 were classified according to the location of the infarct, The volume of CT hypoattenuation was measured using the formula A X B X C/2 for irregular volumes. The 95% confidence interval of inter- and intrarater variability was used to determine whether significant changes in lesion volume had occurred between CT1 and CT7. Clinical severity was evaluated by means of the Scandinavian Stroke Scale (SSS) at entry (SSS0) and at day 30 (SSS30)Results-Mean lesion volumes were significantly (P