Publications by authors named "W Almiri"
Imaging can help to diagnose CNS vasculitis. Yet so far, no imaging studies of CNS vasculitis at 7T are available. We share our experience of vessel wall imaging (VWI) at 7T in patients with suspected vasculitis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Immediate non-contrast post-interventional flat-panel detector CT (FPDCT) has been suggested as an imaging tool to assess complications after endovascular therapy (EVT). We systematically investigated a new imaging finding of focal hyperdensities correlating with remaining distal vessel occlusion after EVT.
Methods: A single-center retrospective analysis was conducted for all acute ischemic stroke patients admitted between July 2020 and December 2022 who underwent EVT and immediate post-interventional FPDCT.
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates the effectiveness of endovascular therapy (EVT) compared to intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) in patients with a minor acute ischemic stroke and large vessel occlusion, specifically focusing on the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) scores.
- Data was collected from 533 patients treated between 2005 and 2021, showing that while 25.5% received bridging therapy, only facial palsy on admission associated more with excellent outcomes in those receiving IVT alone.
- The analysis concluded that NIHSS subitems were not significant predictors of patients who would benefit from EVT over IVT alone, indicating a need for further research in this area.
Background: The clinical course of patients with incomplete reperfusion after thrombectomy, defined as an expanded Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction (eTICI) score of 2a-2c, is heterogeneous. Patients showing delayed reperfusion (DR) have good clinical outcomes, almost comparable to patients with ad-hoc TICI3 reperfusion. We aimed to develop and internally validate a model that predicts DR occurrence in order to inform physicians about the likelihood of a benign natural disease progression.
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