"Early venous filling is, therefore, a surrogate marker of substantial ischaemic damage and usually occurs in tissue that has, or will go on to, ischaemic infarction 2,3. It has also been shown to increase the risk of post-reperfusion haemorrhagic transformation substantially 2-5."
Expected headings
"Capillary blush"
"Early venous filling"
"A capillary blush, also sometimes referred to as an angiographic blush, is seen immediately following successful recanalisation of a large vessel occlusion (e.g. with endovascular clot retrieval) and refers to abnormally early and intense contrast enhancement of the affected tissue 4. This is often associated with early passage of contrast through the capillary bed and into the draining veins, in turn resulting in early venous filling (see below)."