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Prediction of malignant middle cerebral

Prediction of malignant middle cerebral artery infarction by magnetic resonance imaging within 6 hours of symptom onset: A prospective multicenter observational study

✍ Götz Thomalla; Frank Hartmann; Eric Juettler; Oliver C. Singer; Fritz-Georg Lehn 📂 Article 📅 2010 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 226 KB 👁 2 views

## Abstract ## Objective Early identification of patients at risk of space‐occupying “malignant” middle cerebral artery (MCA) infarction (MMI) is needed to enable timely decision for potentially life‐saving treatment such as decompressive hemicraniectomy. We tested the hypothesis that acute stroke