Sulcal hyperintensity on fluid-attenuated inversion recovery imaging in acute ischemic stroke patients treated with intra-arterial thrombolysis: Iodinated contrast media as its possible cause and the association with hemorrhagic transformation

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 264-269

  Kim, Eung Yeop ^a,c   Kim, Sam Soo ^a,b   Na, Dong Gyu ^d   Roh, Hong Gee ^a   Ryoo, Jae Wook ^e   Kim, Ho Kyun ^a,f  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hemorrhage; Ischemic; Magnetic resonance imaging; Stroke; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; GADOLINIUM; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TREATMENT;

ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE; FLUID-ATTENUATED INVERSION RECOVERY IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; GADOLINIA; HAEMORRAGE; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; ISCHEMIC; STROKE; T1-WEIGHTED; THROMBOLYSIS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ALTEPLASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM CHELATE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT; UROKINASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FLUID ATTENUATED INVERSION RECOVERY IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 15744368599     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rct.0000155669.05643.49     Document Type: Article

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