Computed tomographic angiography versus conventional angiography for the diagnosis of blunt cerebrovascular injury in trauma patients

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1046-1050

  Goodwin, Robert B ^a   Beery, Paul R ^b   Dorbish, Ronald J ^a   Betz, J Andrew ^b   Hari, Jayesh K ^b   Opalek, Judy M ^b   Magee, David J ^b   Hinze, Scott S ^a   Scileppi, Robert M ^b   Franz, Randall W ^b   Williams, Trina D ^a   Jenkins, James J ^a   Suh, Kwang I ^c  

^a Doctors Hospital   (United States)

^b GRANT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt cerebrovascular injury; Carotid artery injury; Computed tomography angiography; Conventional angiography; Vertebral artery injury

Indexed keywords

CLOPIDOGREL; ENOXAPARIN; IODIXANOL; IOHEXOL; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY INJURY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; CAROTID ARTERY INJURIES; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 73649138259     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181b83b63     Document Type: Article

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