Triaging transient ischemic attack and minor stroke patients using acute magnetic resonance imaging

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 848-854

  Coutts, Shelagh B ^a,b   Simon, Jessica E ^a,b   Eliasziw, Michael ^b   Sohn, Chul Ho ^a,c   Hill, Michael D ^b,d   Barber, Philip A ^b   Palumbo, Vanessa ^a,b   Kennedy, James ^a,b,d   Roy, Jayanta ^a,b   Gagnon, Alexis ^a,b   Scott, James N ^a,b   Buchan, Alasrair M ^b   Demchuk, Andrew M ^a,b  

^a FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Keimyung University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRIAGE;

EID: 20444396879     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.20497     Document Type: Article

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