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Detection of Early CT Signs of >1/3 Middle Cerebral Artery Infarctions Stroke 31:1667-1671, Kalafut,M.A. et al, 2000 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract All 3 neuroradiologists agreed on no infarction, <1/3 MCA and >1/3 MCA on 64% of the scans. Neuroradiologist test-retest agreement was 96% for >1/3 MCA territory. Overall sensitivity for emergency physicians, neurologists, and general radiologists for detecting the presence of infarction in scans rated as >1/3 MCA was 78%. Neuroradiologists can achieve moderate agreement in detecting >1/3 MCA infarction. The emergency physicians, neurologists, and general radiologists tested were reasonably skilled at detecting >1/3 MCA acute infarction. However, their performance did not reliably identify all patients who have early CT infarct signs that place them at increased risk for cerebral hemorrhage after thrombolytic therapy.

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