Prediction of malignant middle cerebral artery infarction by magnetic resonance imaging within 6 hours of symptom onset: A prospective multicenter observational study.

  • Götz Thomalla
  • Frank Hartmann
  • Eric Juettler
  • Oliver C Singer
  • Fritz-Georg Lehnhardt
  • Martin Köhrmann
  • Jan F Kersten
  • Anna Krützelmann
  • Marek C Humpich
  • Jan Sobesky
  • Christian Gerloff
  • Arno Villringer
  • Jens Fiehler
  • Tobias Neumann-Haefelin
  • Peter D Schellinger
  • Joachim Röther
  • Clinical Trial Net of the German Competence Network Stroke

Abstract

Early identification of patients at risk of space-occupying "malignant" middle cerebral artery (MCA) infarction (MMI) is needed to enable timely decision for potentially life-saving treatment such as decompressive hemicraniectomy. We tested the hypothesis that acute stroke magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) predicts MMI within 6 hours of stroke onset.

Bibliographical data

Original languageEnglish
Article number4
ISSN0364-5134
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 01.10.2010