https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 Optimal CT perfusion thresholds for core and penumbra in acute posterior circulation infarction https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:53333 1 s and MTT>145%. Delay time (DT) best estimated the infarct core (AUC = 0.74). The optimal core threshold was a DT >1.5 s. The voxel-based analyses indicated CTP was most accurate in the calcarine (Penumbra-AUC = 0.75, Core-AUC = 0.79) and cerebellar regions (Penumbra-AUC = 0.65, Core-AUC = 0.79). For the volume-based analyses, MTT >160% demonstrated best correlation and smallest mean-volume difference between the penumbral estimate and follow-up MRI (R2 = 0.71). MTT >170% resulted in the smallest mean-volume difference between the core estimate and follow-up MRI, but with poor correlation (R2 = 0.11). Conclusion: CTP has promising diagnostic utility in POCI. Accuracy of CTP varies by brain region. Optimal thresholds to define penumbra were DT >1 s and MTT >145%. The optimal threshold for core was a DT >1.5 s. However, CTP core volume estimates should be interpreted with caution.]]> Wed 28 Feb 2024 16:20:57 AEDT ]]> Most endovascular thrombectomy patients have Target Mismatch despite absence of formal CT perfusion selection criteria https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:54333 1.8. The primary outcome was good functional outcome at 90 days, defined as a modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score 0-2. follow-up infarct volume, core expansion and penumbral salvage volumes were secondary outcomes. Of 572 anterior circulation EVT patients, CTP source image data required to generate objective maps were available in 170, and a Target Mismatch was present in 151 (89%). The rate of 90-day good functional outcome was similar between Target Mismatch (53%) and Large Core Non-Mismatch groups (46%, p = 0.629). Median follow-up infarct volume in the Large Core Non-Mismatch group (104ml [IQR 25ml-189ml]) was larger than that in the Target Mismatch patients (16ml [8ml-47ml], p<0.001). Despite a lack of formal CTP selection criteria, the majority of patients treated at our centres had a Target Mismatch. Patients without Target Mismatch had larger follow-up infarct volumes, but the functional recovery rate was similar to that in Target Mismatch patients. Infarct volumes should be included as objective assessment criteria in the evaluation of the efficacy of EVT in non-Target Mismatch patients.]]> Tue 20 Feb 2024 16:05:37 AEDT ]]> Factors Associated with Stroke Misdiagnosis in the Emergency Department: A Retrospective Case-Control Study. https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:42876 Tue 06 Sep 2022 10:20:51 AEST ]]> Comparison of functional outcomes after endovascular thrombectomy in patients with and without atrial fibrillation https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:41708 Fri 12 Aug 2022 08:09:28 AEST ]]>