Impact of endovascular recanalization on quantitative lesion water uptake in ischemic anterior circulation strokes

Studies evaluating the effect of reperfusion on ischemic edema in acute stroke described conflicting results. Net water uptake (NWU) per brain volume is a new quantitative imaging biomarker of space-occupying ischemic edema, which can be measured in computed tomography (CT). We sought to investigate the effects of vessel recanalization on the formation of ischemic brain edema using quantitative NWU. In this multicenter observational study, acute...