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Role of Susceptibility-Weighted Imaging Inevaluation of Acute Ischemic Stroke

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Bhavani Bangaru1 , Pilli Srujana1 , Shaik Ameenulla Hafeezuddin1

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Background:Stroke causes mortality and disability. Thrombolytic therapy is standard for ischemic strokes up to 4.5 h after symptoms. Although artery occlusion can be diagnosed by DSA, MRA, and CTA, thrombus composition and development timeframes may not be known. SWI is used to detect thrombus in acute ischemic stroke. SWI can indicate a thrombus as a hypointense SVS.Wecompared the detection of hemorrhage by using susceptibility weighted imaging (SWI) with T1, T2 and Fluid attenuation inversion recovery (FLAIR) sequences in acute stroke. Materials and Methods: From October 2020 to October 2021, 150 patients with suspected acute stroke were examined prospectively at Kakatiya Medical College/MGM Hospital Warangal using the above sequences. Acute infract haemorrhage detection was evaluated and compared.

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