Michele Malesani

CT Perfusion in lacunar stroke: a powerful tool to enhance lacunar stroke detection and prediction of patients’ outcome

INTRODUCTION: Lacunar strokes are caused by occlusion of small penetrating arteries. Although CT perfusion (CTP) is widely used in the acute settings, automated core/penumbra software often fails to detect lacunar perfusion abnormalities, so its diagnostic and prognostic roles re...