Modern imaging of the infarct core and the ischemic penumbra in acute stroke patients: CT versus MRI

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 395-403

  Ledezma, Carlos J ^b   Fiebach, Jochen B ^c   Wintermark, Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MORRISTOWN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; MRI; Perfusion imaging; Stroke; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTERY OCCLUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DOSE RESPONSE; EMERGENCY CARE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; RECANALIZATION; REVIEW; STROKE PATIENT; ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; STROKE; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATIENT SELECTION; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67650311971     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: 17448344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erc.09.7     Document Type: Review

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