The hyperdense anterior cerebral artery sign (HACAS) as a computed tomography marker for acute ischemia in the anterior cerebral artery territory

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-67

  Jensen, Ulf R ^a   Weiss, Michael ^a   Zimmermann, Philip ^a   Jansen, Olav ^a   Riedel, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; Anterior cerebral artery; Computer tomography; Hyperdense artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERDENSE ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY SIGN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70449515531     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000256648     Document Type: Article

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