CT angiography-source image hypoattenuation predicts clinical outcome in posterior circulation strokes treated with intra-arterial therapy

Stroke

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3107-3109

  Schaefer, Pamela W ^a   Yoo, Albert J ^a   Bell, Donnie ^a   Barak, Elizabeth R ^a   Romero, Javier M ^a   Nogueira, Raul G ^a   Lev, Michael H ^a   Schwamm, Lee H ^a   Gonzalez, Ramon G ^a   Hirsch, Joshua A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; CT; Ischemia; Neuroradiology; Perfusion; Stroke; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; MORTALITY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARIETAL LOBE; PONS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SURVIVAL RATE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; TREATMENT DURATION; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 55749101003     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.517680     Document Type: Article

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