Systematic comparison of perfusion-CT and CT-angiography in acute stroke patients

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 533-543

  Tan, Jessica C ^a   Dillon, William P ^a   Liu, Songling ^a   Adler, Felix ^a   Smith, Wade S ^b   Wintermark, Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN PERFUSION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMBOLECTOMY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34447515976     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.21130     Document Type: Article

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