Intravenous thrombolysis is recommended within 4.5 hours of stroke onset. The aim of the study is to evaluate whether a hypodensity on native CT within the virtually entire area of hypoperfusion on perfusion CT, i.e. hypoperfusion-hypodensity mismatch, identifies patients within the time window of thrombolysis in a multicenter cohort. The investigators hypothesize hypoperfusion-hypodensity mismatch will identify patients ≤ 4,5 hours of symptom onset with \>70% specificity and \>85% positive predictive value.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
689
hypoperfusion-hypodensity mismatch on computed tomography
University Hospital Münster
Münster, Germany
Positive predictive value of "hypoperfusion hypodensity mismatch" for the identification of patients ≤4.5 hours
Time frame: on admission
Specificity of "hypoperfusion hypodensity mismatch" for the identification of patients ≤4.5 hours
Time frame: on admission
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