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Hemodyalisis may not prevent brain damage resulting from accumulation of urea and other metabolites as previously believed. These investigators used voxelwise DTI to assess the white matter of 28 patients with end-stage renal disease. All DTI parameters were abnormal, especially in the callosum, sagittal stratum, and pons.

Because hemorrhagic transformation affects treatment and patient prognosis, these authors explored whether CT perfusion predicts it. Twenty percent of their subjects developed hemorrhagic transformation and these patients did not differ from controls in terms of age, gender, time to presentation, or comorbidities. Only CBV was found to be lower and predictive of hemorrhagic transformation.