Perfusion CT helps decision making for thrombolysis when there is no clear time or onset

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 417-419

  Hellier, K D ^a   Hampton, J L ^a   Guadagno, J V ^a   Higgins, N P ^a   Antoun, N M ^a   Day, D J ^a   Gillard, J H ^a   Warburton, E A ^a   Baron, Jean Claude ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DECISION MAKING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; THROMBECTOMY; TIME;

AGED; BASAL GANGLIA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 33644521751     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2005.067363     Document Type: Article

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