Should CT angiography be routinely used in patients suspected of having aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage? No!

Radiology

Volumn 254, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 314-315

  Jayaraman, Mahesh V ^a   Haas, Richard A ^a   Do, Huy M ^b   Meyers, Philip M ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; IOHEXOL; IOPROMIDE;

BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEURORADIOLOGY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 75349093882     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.09091614     Document Type: Letter

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