Utility of perfusion-weighted CT imaging in acute middle cerebral artery stroke treated with intra-arterial thrombolysis: Prediction of final infarct volume and clinical outcome

Stroke

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 2021-2027

  Lev, Michael H ^a,c   Segal, Alan Z ^a   Farkas, Jeffery ^a   Hossain, Syeda T ^a   Putman, Christopher ^a   Hunter, George J ^a   Budzik, Ronald ^a   Harris, Gordon J ^a   Buonanno, Ferdinando S ^a   Ezzeddine, Mustapha A ^b   Chang, Yuchiao ^a   Koroshetz, Walter J ^a   Gonzalez, R Gilberto ^a   Schwamm, Lee H ^d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; Perfusion weighted; Stroke; Thrombolysis; Tomography

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; PLACEBO; UROKINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RECANALIZATION; STROKE;

EID: 0034820214     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hs0901.095680     Document Type: Article

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