Angiology

Studies from Y. Iguchi and colleagues provide new data on angiology

Published in Blood Weekly, May 1st, 2008

According to recent research from Kurashiki, Japan, "We investigated whether new ischaemic lesions (NIL) on follow-up diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI) are associated with microembolic signals (MES) within 24 h or at 48 h after stroke onset. Patients had acute ischaemic stroke and were studied within 24 h of onset."

"Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography (TCD) was prospectively examined twice, within 24 h and at 48 h after onset. DWI was conducted twice, on admission and on day 7. NIL were defined as the presence of hyperintense lesions undetected on initial DWI. 125 patients were consecutively enrolled from November 2004 to March 2006. TCD detected MES...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2008-05-01)

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