Causes of Acute Stroke: A Patterned Approach. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Acute stroke is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Acute ischemic strokes have been classified according to The Trial of Org 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment (TOAST) classification system, and this system aids in proper management. Nearly every patient who presents to a hospital with acute stroke symptoms has some form of emergent imaging. As such, imaging plays an important role in early diagnosis and management. This article reviews the imaging patterns of acute strokes, and how the infarct pattern and imaging characteristics can suggest an underlying cause.

publication date

  • November 1, 2019

Research

keywords

  • Computed Tomography Angiography
  • Magnetic Resonance Angiography
  • Stroke

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC7040961

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85072691937

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.rcl.2019.07.007

PubMed ID

  • 31582037

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 57

issue

  • 6