Large middle cerebral artery infarctions and the hyperdense middle cerebral artery sign in patients with atrial fibrillation

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 261-268

  Berge, Eivind ^a   Nakstad, P H ^a   Sandset, P M ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Computed tomography; Hyperdense middle cerebral artery sign; Large middle cerebral artery infarction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035324585     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028418501127346800     Document Type: Article

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