Diagnostic and prognostic value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in acute stroke

Ultraschall in der Medizin, Supplement

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Allendörfer, Jens ^a,b   Tanislav, C ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Contrast enhanced transcranial sonography; Neurosonology; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; HEPARIN; PROUROKINASE; SHU 508; SONOVUE;

AORTA STENOSIS; ARTERY OCCLUSION; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; RECANALIZATION; REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL COLOR CODED SONOGRAPHY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PROGNOSIS; STROKE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 54549092797     PISSN: 14314894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1027794     Document Type: Review

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