Detection of intracranial atherosclerosis: Which imaging techniques are available in european hospitals?

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 726-729

  Balucani, Clotilde ^a   Leys, Didier ^a,e   Ringelstein, E Bernd ^b   Kaste, Markku ^c   Hacke, Werner ^d  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Stroke care; Stroke unit; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EUROPE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; ULTRASOUND; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; STATISTICS;

CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 62449153753     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.526434     Document Type: Article

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