Perfusion Computed Tomography in Acute Ischemic Stroke

Jeremy J Heit; Eric S Sussman; Max Wintermark

doi:10.1016/j.rcl.2019.06.003

Perfusion Computed Tomography in Acute Ischemic Stroke

Radiol Clin North Am. 2019 Nov;57(6):1109-1116. doi: 10.1016/j.rcl.2019.06.003. Epub 2019 Jul 30.

Authors

Jeremy J Heit¹, Eric S Sussman², Max Wintermark³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Division of Neuroimaging and Neurointervention, Stanford Healthcare, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
² Department of Radiology, Division of Neuroimaging and Neurointervention, Stanford Healthcare, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford Healthcare, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
³ Department of Radiology, Division of Neuroimaging and Neurointervention, Stanford Healthcare, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. Electronic address: mwinterm@stanford.edu.

PMID: 31582038
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2019.06.003

Abstract

Occlusion of a cervical or cerebral artery may cause acute ischemic stroke (AIS). Recent advances in AIS treatment by endovascular thrombectomy have led to more widespread use of advanced computed tomography (CT) imaging, including perfusion CT (PCT). This article reviews PCT for the evaluation of AIS patients.

Keywords: CT; CT angiography; Core; Infarction; Penumbra; Perfusion; Stroke.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Brain / blood supply
Brain / diagnostic imaging
Brain Ischemia / complications
Brain Ischemia / diagnostic imaging*
Cerebral Angiography
Computed Tomography Angiography / methods*
Humans
Stroke / complications
Stroke / diagnostic imaging*