Recommendations for imaging of acute ischemic stroke: A scientific statement from the american heart association

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3646-3678

  Latchaw, Richard E ^a   Alberts, Mark J ^a   Lev, Michael H ^a   Connors, John J ^a   Harbaugh, Robert E ^a   Higashida, Randall T ^a   Hobson, Robert ^a   Kidwell, Chelsea S ^a   Koroshetz, Walter J ^a   Mathews, Vincent ^a   Villablanca, Pablo ^a   Warach, Steven ^a   Walters, Beverly ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

AHA Scientific Statements; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Stroke; Stroke, acute; Stroke, ischemic; Tissue plasminogen activator; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; XENON;

ARTERY DISSECTION; B SCAN; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN HEMANGIOMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350536666     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.192616     Document Type: Review

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