ABSTRACT NUMBER: ESOC2026A80 LESION-DIRECTED QUANTITATIVE EEG PREDICTS MALIGNANT EDEMA AFTER REPERFUSION IN ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE
Jin-A N Huang, Chia-Yen Lin, Yu-Hsuan Wu · 2026
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Jin-A Huang, Chia-Yen Lin, and Yu-Hsuan Wu report a 2026 conference study on a seven-minute brainwave test that warns of dangerous swelling after stroke. When a reopened artery floods injured tissue, the brain can swell fatally within days. Earlier brainwave studies averaged both sides of the head and came late; this team aimed electrodes at the lesion itself within three days of treatment.
In forty-nine patients treated with clot drugs, clot removal, or both, a ratio of fast to slow brainwaves over the injured side predicted the malignant swelling well. Combined with the time since treatment, it caught most cases while rarely crying wolf. The same ratio alone also flagged patients likely to leave hospital independent. The authors offer bedside cutoffs for intensive watchfulness, pending wider checks.
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| CREATOR | Jin-A N Huang, Chia-Yen Lin, Yu-Hsuan Wu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |