Hyperdense sylvian fissure MCA "dot" sign: A CT marker of acute ischemia

Stroke

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 84-88

  Barber, Philip A ^a   Demchuk, Andrew M ^a   Hudon, Mark E ^a   Warwick Pexman, J H ^a   Hill, Michael D ^a   Buchan, Alastair M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; Computed tomography; Middle cerebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEURORADIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIODENSITOMETRY; RELIABILITY; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0035157175     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.32.1.84     Document Type: Article

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