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Relative cerebral blood volume

Importance

Relative cerebral blood volume (rCBV) and hypoperfusion index ratio (HIR) may serve as markers of collateral circulation in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients prior to endovascular therapy 1).

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Arenillas JF, Cortijo E, García-Bermejo P, Levy EI, Jahan R, Goyal M, Saver JL, Albers GW. Relative cerebral blood volume is associated with collateral status and infarct growth in stroke patients in SWIFT PRIME. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2017 Jan 1:271678×17740293. doi: 10.1177/0271678×17740293. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29135347.