BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:
In acute stroke, the brush sign has been linked to an increased risk of hemorrhagic transformation. We aimed to assess the oxygen metabolic abnormalities occurring in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) exhibiting the brush sign on admission MRI and its prognostic value at follow-up.
MATERIALS AND METHODS:
We retrospectively analyzed data from the Cohort of Patients to Identify Biological and Imaging Markers of Cardiovascular Outcomes in Stroke cohort (NCT: 0314970…