Role of CT angiography in early diagnosis and assessment of prognosis in patients with posttraumatic cerebral infarction
CHEN Lei
WANG Yu-hai
HE Jian-qing
ZHU Jun
ZHANG Chun-lei
CHEN Jun-hui
JIANG Bing-jie
Abstract：Objective To investigate the role of CT angiography (CTA) in early diagnosis and assessment of the prognoses in the patients with posttraumatic cerebral infarction. Methods The clinical data of 30 patients with posttraumatic cerebral infarction after severe or especially severe brain injury, who received routine CT and dynamic CTA examinations, were analyzed retrospectively. Results The posttraumatic cerebral infarction was found by CTA earlier after the brain injury compared to CT (P<0.05). CTA showed that of 30 patients with posttraumatic cerebral infarction, 14 suffered from the arterial occlusion, 8 from the occlusion of the perforative arteries and 8 from the venous occlusion. Of 30 patients with posttraumatic cerebral infarction, 5 were moderately disabled, 8 severely disable, 3 survived vegetatively and 14 died. Conclusion CTA can be used to early diagnose and assess the prognoses in the patients with posttraumatic cerebral infarction.
Keywords：Posttraumatic cerebral infarctionEarly diagnosisPrognosisAssessmentCT angiography
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 530-532 )