https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 Clinical-diffusion mismatch and benefit from thrombolysis 3 to 6 hours after acute stroke https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:7458 1.2 and perfusion deficit at least 10 mL>DWI volume) and CDM (NIHSS ≥8 and DWI volume ≤25 mL) was determined for each patient. We assessed lesion growth and neurological improvement (decrease in NIHSS ≥8 points between baseline and 90 days, or a 90-day NIHSS ≤1). Results: 86% of the patients had PDM, but only 41% had CDM. CDM detected PDM with a sensitivity of 46% and a specificity of 86%. We found statistically significant effects of reperfusion on the rate of neurological improvement (OR 9.92, 95% CI 1.91 to 51.64; P<0.01) and on absolute growth (difference: –59.60 mL, 95% CI –95.40 mL to –23.81 mL; P<0.01). Neither treatment with tPA nor reperfusion had a significantly different impact on lesion growth or clinical course in CDM patients compared to patients without CDM. Conclusions: There was no increased benefit from tPA in patients with CDM. The beneficial effects of reperfusion were similar in patients with and without CDM.]]> Sat 24 Mar 2018 10:46:49 AEDT ]]> Imaging the penumbra: strategies to detect tissue at risk after ischemic stroke https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:7969 Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:33:40 AEDT ]]>