Long-term outcome of acute spinal cord ischemia syndrome

• Published in: Stroke (1970) Vol. 35; no. 2; pp. 560 - 565
• Main Authors: NEDELTCHEV, Krassen, LOHER, Thomas J, STEPPER, Frank, ARNOLD, Marcel, SCHROTH, Gerhard, MATTLE, Heinrich P, STURZENEGGER, Matthias
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hagerstown, MD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 01.02.2004
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Biological and medical sciences; Disability Evaluation; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Gait Disorders, Neurologic - etiology; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Neurologic Examination; Neurology; Outcome Assessment (Health Care) - statistics & numerical data; Prognosis; Recovery of Function; Risk Factors; Severity of Illness Index; Sex Factors; Spinal Cord Ischemia - complications; Spinal Cord Ischemia - diagnosis; Spinal Cord Ischemia - physiopathology; Switzerland; Syndrome; Time; Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic - etiology; Vascular diseases and vascular malformations of the nervous system; Switzerland; Stroke; Spinal cord; Nervous system diseases; Prognosis; Cardiovascular disease; Cerebral disorder; Vascular disease; Ischemia; Central nervous system disease; spinal cord ischemia; Cerebrovascular disease; outcome; anterior spinal artery syndrome

Current knowledge of long-term outcome in patients with acute spinal cord ischemia syndrome (ASCIS) is based on few studies with small sample sizes and <2 years' follow-up. Therefore, we analyzed clinical features and outcome of all types of ASCIS to define predictors of recovery. From Janua...