Transcranial Doppler versus angiography in patients with vasospasm due to a ruptured cerebral aneurysm: A systematic review

Stroke

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2292-2298

  Lysakowski, Christopher ^a,b   Walder, Bernhard ^a   Costanza, Michael C ^a   Tramèr, Martin R ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b EBCAP Institute Evidence Based Critical Care   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Angiography; Diagnostic imaging; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM RUPTURE; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL INFORMATION; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034793576     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hs1001.097108     Document Type: Article

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