Abstract
Unknown onset time is a common contraindication for anti-thrombolytic treatment of ischaemic stroke. T2 relaxation-based signal changes within the lesion can identify patients within or beyond the 4.5-hour intravenous thrombolysis treatment-window. However, now that intra-arterial thrombolysis is recommended between 4.5 and 6 hours from symptom onset and mechanical thrombectomy is considered safe between 6 and 24 hours, there are three treatment-windows to consider. Here we show a cumulative ordinal regression model, incorporating the T2 relaxation time, predicts the probabilities of a patient being within one of the three treatment-windows and is more accurate than signal intensity changes from T2 weighted images.
Original language | English |
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DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Event | International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) Annual Conference - Duration: 1 Jan 2021 → … |
Conference
Conference | International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) Annual Conference |
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Period | 1/01/21 → … |
Keywords
- Unknown onset time
- anti-thrombolytic treatment
- ischaemic stroke
- T2 relaxation-based signal changes
- intravenous thrombolysis
- intra-arterial thrombolysis
- mechanical thrombectomy
- treatment-windows
- cumulative ordinal regression model
- T2 relaxation time
- signal intensity changes
- T2 weighted images