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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Rubin MN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4530419 | biostudies-other | 2015 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Wake-up stroke, defined as the situation where a patient awakens with stroke symptoms that were not present prior to falling asleep, represents roughly 1 in 5 acute ischemic strokes and remains a therapeutic dilemma. Patients with wake-up stroke were excluded from most ischemic stroke treatment trials and are often not eligible for acute reperfusion therapy in clinical practice, leading to poor outcomes. Studies of neuroimaging with standard noncontrast computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonan ...[more]