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Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging detects ischemic injury within minutes after onset,and has been used to demonstrate drug efficacy in animal models of stroke,In 50 patients diagnosed with acute ischemic stroke(<24-hour duration)within the middle cerebral artery territory, lesion volume was measured by diffusion-weighted imaging.Thirty-four patients also had volumes measured by T2-weighted imaging chronically (median time,7.5 weeks;mean,15.9 weeks).Clinical severity was measured by the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale Score and the Barthel index.Acute lesion volumes correlated with the acute stroke scale score(r= 0.56),the chronic stroke scale score(r=0.63),and chronic lesion volumes(r= 0.84).Chronic volumes correlated with the chronic stroke scale score(r=0. 86)and the Barthel index(r=-0.60).When only cortically based lesions were considered,the correlations relating acute lesion volume measured by diffusion-weighted imaging(r=0.61)and chronic lesion volume measured by T2-weighted imaging(r=0.90)to the chronic stroke scale score were higher. These results provide evidence that lesion volumes determined by diffusion-weighted imaging acutely may be predictive of clinical severity and outcome,and may support a role for diffusion-weighted imaging in the assessment of acute stroke therapies in clinical trials. |
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