Complementary use of computed tomographic angiography in treatment planning for posterior fossa subarachnoid hemorrhage

Neurosurgery

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1283-1289

  Carvi y Nievas, Mario N ^a   Haas, Eberhard ^a   Höllerhage, Hans Georg ^a   Drathen, Christian ^a   Vapalahti, Matti ^b   Barrow, Daniel L ^b   Awad, Issam A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Computed tomographic angiography; Ruptured cerebral aneurysms; Vertebrobasilar

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANGIOGRAPHY; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; BASILAR ARTERY; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0036626617     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200206000-00020     Document Type: Article

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