Qureshi grading scheme predicts subsequent volume of brain infarction following intra-arterial thrombolysis in patients with acute anterior circulation ischemic stroke

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 262-267

  Mohammad, Yousef M ^a   Christoforidis, Greg A ^a   Bourekas, Eric C ^a   Slivka, Andrew P ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain infarction; Cerebral angiography; Grading scheme; Ischemic stroke; National Institute of Health Stroke Scale; Thrombolysis; Volume

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; PROUROKINASE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROIMAGING; PATIENT CODING; PREDICTION; QURESHI GRADING SCHEME; RECANALIZATION; SYMPTOM; TIME;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 51349153349     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2007.00233.x     Document Type: Article

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