Hyperdense basilar artery sign on unenhanced CT predicts thrombus and outcome in acute posterior circulation stroke

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 134-139

  Goldmakher, Gregory V ^a   Camargo, Erica C S ^a   Furie, Karen L ^a   Singhal, Aneesh B ^a   Roccatagliata, Luca ^a   Halpern, Elkan F ^a   Chou, Maggie J ^a   Biagini, Trese ^b   Smith, Wade S ^b   Harris, Gordon J ^a   Dillon, William P ^c   Gonzalez, R Gilberto ^a   Koroshetz, Walter J ^a   Lev, Michael H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Brain imaging; Computed tomography; Prognosis; Vertebrobasilar

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGED; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANKIN SCALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; THROMBOSIS; ACUTE DISEASE; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN INFARCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASILAR ARTERY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAUSALITY; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 60549086130     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.516690     Document Type: Article

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