Silent microemboli related to diagnostic cerebral angiography: A matter of operator's experience and patient's disease

Neuroradiology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 387-393

  Krings, T ^a   Willmes, K ^a   Becker, R ^a   Meister, I G ^a   Hans, F J ^a   Reinges, M H T ^a   Mull, M ^a   Thron, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral angiography; Cerebral ischemia; DWI

Indexed keywords

IOPAMIDOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MICROEMBOLISM; NEURORADIOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; VASCULITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33745322681     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-006-0074-3     Document Type: Article

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