Autor: |
Plamen, Tzvetanov, Ivan, Milanov, Rossen T, Rousseff, Petkana, Christova |
Rok vydání: |
2004 |
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Zdroj: |
Electromyography and clinical neurophysiology. 44(1) |
ISSN: |
0301-150X |
Popis: |
To investigate the prognostic value of median somatosensory evoked potentials (mSSEP) within the "therapeutic window" of ischemic stroke.Twenty-two patients (mean age 60.8 +/- 14.8 years) with first ischemic stroke in middle cerebral artery territory without contraindications for thrombolysis underwent mSSEP investigation within 3 hours of onset. Stroke topography was verified within 48 hours by computed tomography. M-SSEP results (presence, amplitude and amplitude ratio, latency and central conduction time) were compared to severity of motor deficit at onset and to recovery at 6 months.M-SSEP were present in 17 patients, 7 of whom had partial and 10--complete motor recovery. Absence of mSSEP was found in 5 persons. None recovered function of the arm and only 2 were ambulatory at 6 months.In the earliest phase of ischemic stroke absence of mSSEP response is reliable predictor of poor functional outcome. |
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