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Perfusion imaging averting intravenous thrombolysis in stroke mimics

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  1. Stroke Unit, Metropolitan Hospital, Ethn. Makariou 9, PC 18547, N. Faliro, Piraeus, Greece

    Klearchos Psychogios, Odysseas Kargiotis, Apostolos Safouris, Georgios Magoufis, Maria Gelagoti & Eleftherios Stamboulis

  2. Second Department of Neurology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, “Attikon” University Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Klearchos Psychogios, Anastasios Bonakis & Georgios Tsivgoulis

  3. Department of Neurology, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA

    Georgios Tsivgoulis

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Supplemental figure CT-perfusion of a 39-year old man presenting with acute aphasia and right hemiparesis. (a-d) Prolonged Time To Peak (TTP) over 4 sec, in more than one arterial territories (white arrows). (e) Automated Tmax maps (postprocessed by RAPID software) demonstrated a 10ml region of Tmax >4 sec prolongation (shown in blue). (f) Subsequent DWI MRI confirms the absence of acute ischemia. (PNG 2559 kb)

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Psychogios, K., Kargiotis, O., Safouris, A. et al. Perfusion imaging averting intravenous thrombolysis in stroke mimics. Neurol Sci 42, 2591–2594 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-021-05090-9

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