Can acute MRI predict outcome following transient ischemic attack and minor stroke? Commentary

Nature Clinical Practice Neurology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 14-15

  Saver, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Magnetic resonance; Prevention; Schemic stroke; Transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; APHASIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SHORT SURVEY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS; WEAKNESS;

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAGE;

EID: 33645289184     PISSN: 1745834X     EISSN: 17458358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneuro0049     Document Type: Short Survey

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