Causes of Acute Stroke: A Patterned Approach

Ashley Knight-Greenfield; Joel Jose Quitlong Nario; Ajay Gupta

doi:10.1016/j.rcl.2019.07.007

Causes of Acute Stroke: A Patterned Approach

Radiol Clin North Am. 2019 Nov;57(6):1093-1108. doi: 10.1016/j.rcl.2019.07.007.

Authors

Ashley Knight-Greenfield¹, Joel Jose Quitlong Nario¹, Ajay Gupta²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, 525 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10065, USA.
² Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, 525 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10065, USA. Electronic address: ajg9004@med.cornell.edu.

Abstract

Acute stroke is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Acute ischemic strokes have been classified according to The Trial of Org 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment (TOAST) classification system, and this system aids in proper management. Nearly every patient who presents to a hospital with acute stroke symptoms has some form of emergent imaging. As such, imaging plays an important role in early diagnosis and management. This article reviews the imaging patterns of acute strokes, and how the infarct pattern and imaging characteristics can suggest an underlying cause.

Keywords: Cause; Hemorrhagic; Imaging; Infarct; Ischemic; Stroke.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Computed Tomography Angiography / methods*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Angiography / methods*
Risk Factors
Stroke / diagnostic imaging*
Stroke / etiology*
Vascular Diseases / complications
Vascular Diseases / diagnostic imaging

Abstract

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MeSH terms

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