Acute stroke triage to intravenous thrombolysis and other therapies with advanced CT or MR imaging: Pro CT

Radiology

Volumn 251, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 619-626

  Wintermark, Max ^a   Rowley, Howard A ^b   Lev, Michael H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIAGE;

EID: 67149141773     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2513081073     Document Type: Note

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