CT angiography source images predict final infarct extent in patients with basilar artery occlusion

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1877-1883

  Puetz, Volker ^a,b   Sylaja, P N ^b,c   Hill, M D ^b   Coutts, S B ^b   Dzialowski, I ^a,b   Becker, U ^a   Gahn, G ^a,d   Von Kummer, R ^a   Demchuk, A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Ananthapuri Hospitals and Research Institute   (India)

^d General Hospital Karlsruhe   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE AGED; PONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THALAMUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 71449088503     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1723     Document Type: Article

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