Stroke:Leukoaraiosis associated with increased risk of haematoma after thromboectomy
Nature Reviews Neurology 8,355 (2012).
doi:10.1038/nrneurol.2012.106
Leukoaraiosis—diffuse white matter abnormalities detected on CT or MRI scans—is associated with worse outcomes after mechanical thromboectomy. In a retrospective analysis of 105 patients with stroke who underwent mechanical thromboectomy,Shi et al. found that those with moderate or severe leukoaraiosis in deep
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