Vertebral artery dissection with a normal - Appearing lumen at multisection CT angiography: The importance of identifying wall hematoma

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 787-792

  Lum, C ^a,b   Chakraborty, S ^a   Schlossmacher, M ^b   Santos, M ^a   Mohan, R ^a   Sinclair, J ^b   Sharma, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NECK PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION;

EID: 64649086069     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1455     Document Type: Article

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