We are on the clock: MRI as a surrogate marker of lesion age in acute ischemic stroke

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 197-198

  Thomalla, Götz ^a   Gerloff, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Diffusion weighted imaging; MRI

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE MARKER; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STROKE; TIME; VASCULARIZATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77449113704     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.570085     Document Type: Editorial

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