Practical Noninvasive Neurovascular Imaging of the Neck Arteries in Patients with Stroke, Transient Ischemic Attack, and Suspected Arterial Disease that May Lead to Ischemia, Infarction, or Flow Abnormalities

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 177-193

  Brobeck, Bradley R ^a   Forero, N Paola ^a   Romero, Javier M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT PLANNING; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 33744811674     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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