Computed tomographic parameters predicting fatal outcome in large middle cerebral artery infarction

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 230-235

  Barber, Philip A ^a   Demchuk, Andrew M ^a,b   Zhang, Jinjin ^a   Kasner, Scott E ^c   Hill, Michael D ^a   Berrouschot, Jorg ^d   Schmutzhard, Erich ^e   Harms, Lutz ^f   Verro, Piero ^g   Krieger, Derk ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^f HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Hemicraniectomy, mortality; Middle cerebral artery infarction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOANESTHESIA; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PINEAL BODY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; STANDARD; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0042744095     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071121     Document Type: Article

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