It should be emphasized that stress echocardiography, which can mimic an ischaemic episode, could potentially increase the risk of SonoVue utilization.
At term, hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy remains the most common underlying factor.
Local necrosis is mainly ischaemic as thrombosis blocks the local blood vessels and causes dry gangrene.
An ischaemic lactate test may be helpful in suspected metabolic myopathy.
Group differences in average volume of ischaemic penumbra salvaged will be analyzed by t-test, adjusting for baseline differences in prognostic variables.