Imaging the future of stroke: I. ischemia

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 574-590

  Liebeskind, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; SILDENAFIL; ULTRASMALL SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE;

ANGIOGENESIS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HYPEROXIA; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STROKE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FORECASTING; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STROKE;

EID: 72949109548     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.21787     Document Type: Review

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