Vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage: Utility of perfusion CT and CT angiography on diagnosis and management

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 26-34

  Wintermark, Max ^a   Ko, N U ^b   Smith, W S ^b   Liu, S ^a   Higashida, R T ^b   Dillon, W P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEUROIMAGING; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TECHNIQUE; VASOSPASM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN VASOSPASM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; IOHEXOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; BRAIN; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 33644850480     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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