Brain computed tomography angiographic scans as the sole diagnostic examination for excluding aneurysms in patients with perimesencephalic subarachnoid hemorrhage

Neurosurgery

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 798-801

  Kershenovich, Amir ^a   Rappaport, Zavi H ^a   Maimon, Shimon ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Angiography; Computed tomography; Perimesencephalic subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEUROIMAGING; PERIMESENCEPHALIC SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; BRAIN; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33750041934     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000232724.19888.C6     Document Type: Article

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