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ArticleJournal of clinical neurology (Seoul, Korea)2010

Can early ischemic lesion recurrence on diffusion-weighted MRI affect functional outcome after acute ischemic stroke?

Wook-Joo Kim, Jae Hyoung Kim, Youngchai Ko, Jung Hyun Park, Mi Hwa Yang, Myung Suk Jang, Moon-Ku Han, Sang Yun Kim, Seong Ho Park, Hee-Joon Bae

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Article in Journal of clinical neurology (Seoul, Korea), 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Wook-Joo KimDepartment of Neurology, Stroke Center, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea.
Jae Hyoung Kim
Youngchai Ko
Jung Hyun Park
Mi Hwa Yang
Myung Suk Jang
Moon-Ku Han
Sang Yun Kim
Seong Ho Park
Hee-Joon Bae

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background and purposeIschemic lesion recurrence on diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI-LR) is a frequently observed phenomenon after acute ischemic stroke. However, no study has elucidated the impact of DWI-LR on functional outcome.

methodsAmong a consecutive series of patients who presented with focal symptoms or signs compatible with stroke within 48 hours from the onset over a 50-month period, those who had relevant ischemic lesions on initial DWI and underwent follow-up DWI within 14 days after the onset were enrolled in this study. As outcome variables, the scores on the modified Rankin Disability Scale (mRDS) at 3 months and 1 year were measured prospectively and dichotomized into good (0-2) vs. poor (3-6). When calculating odds ratios (ORs), adjustment was performed for age, previous stroke, initial score on the NIH Stroke Scale, stroke subtype, and IV thrombolysis.

resultsAmong those 786 patients finally enrolled in this study, 221 (28.1%) had DWI-LR. For a poor outcome at 3 months, the crude ORs of any, symptomatic, and asymptomatic DWI-LR were 2.70 [95% confidence interval (CI), 1.96 to 3.72], 10.03 (95% CI, 4.39 to 22.96), and 2.04 (95% CI, 1.44 to 2.88), respectively. With adjustment, the OR of symptomatic DWI-LR was 6.44 (95% CI, 2.50 to 16.57), whereas those of any and asymptomatic DWI-LR lost their statistical significance: 1.44 (95% CI, 0.94 to 2.20) and 1.04 (95% CI, 0.65 to 1.65), respectively. Analyzing with the 1-year outcome produced similar results.

conclusionsThis study shows that symptomatic early lesion recurrence can affect functional outcome after acute ischemic stroke, whereas an asymptomatic one may not.

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cerebral infarctiondiffusion MRImodified Rankin Disability Scalerecurrence

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PMID20386639
PMCPMC2851294

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