The spot sign in intracerebral hemorrhage: The importance of looking for contrast extravasation

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 217-220

  Hallevi, Hen ^a   Abraham, Anitha T ^b   Barreto, Andrew D ^b   Grotta, James C ^b   Savitz, Sean I ^b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast extravasation; Intracerebral hemorrhage; Spot sign

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIUM EXTRAVASATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANKIN SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CONTRAST MEDIA; EXTRAVASATION OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77149142575     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000267842     Document Type: Article

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