Perfusion CT in patients with acute ischemic stroke treated with intra-arterial thrombolysis: Predictive value of infarct core size on clinical outcome

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 722-727

  Gasparotti, R ^a   Grassi, M ^b   Mardighian, D ^a   Frigerio, M ^a   Pavia, M ^a   Liserre, R ^a   Magoni, M ^c   Mascaro, L ^d   Padovani, A ^e   Pezzini, A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c Stroke Unit   (Italy)

^d Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALTEPLASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; HEPARIN; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOMEPROL; UROKINASE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH RATE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PERFUSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RANKIN SCALE; RECANALIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 64649086688     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1439     Document Type: Article

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