15 July 2020 : Clinical Research
Argatroban Increased the Basal Vein Drainage and Improved Outcomes in Acute Paraventricular Ischemic Stroke Patients
Shoufeng Liu12AE, Peipei Liu2BCDEF, Po Wang3BC, Fang Zhang4BD, Lijun Wang5BD, Yu Wang6BD, Hao Lu7B, Xiaofeng Ma4AG*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.924593
Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e924593
Figure 3 Impact of argatroban on lesion volume growth in patients. (A) MRI images show acute right hemisphere infarct with middle cerebral artery stenosis in a control patient (top) and acute right hemisphere infarct with middle cerebral artery stenosis in an argatroban-treated patient (bottom). Lesion volumes were measured on a DWI (baseline) and T2FLAIR (day 7). (B) Growth of lesion volume from baseline to day 7. Lesion growth equals lesion volume measured on T2FLAIR at day 7 minus that measured on DWI at baseline. Data are presented as mean±SD. An independent t-test was conducted for each comparison. MRI – magnetic resonance imaging; DWI – diffusion weighted imaging; SD – standard deviation.