Does diffusion-weighted imaging in transient ischemic attack patients improve accuracy of diagnosis, prognosis, or both?

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Prabhakaran, Shyam ^a   Lee, Vivien H ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LETTER; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 65549101537     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.547927     Document Type: Letter

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