In a strictly homogeneous sample of prospectively studied patients, we have identified, up to 17 hours after stroke onset, substantial volumes of tissue with CMRO2 well above the assumed threshold for viability that nevertheless spontaneously evolved toward necrosis. This tissue exhibited penumbral ranges of both cerebral blood flow and oxygen extraction fraction and thus could represent the part of penumbra that might be saved with appropriate therapy.
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