Additional information given to a multimodal imaging stroke protocol by transcranial doppler ultrasound in the emergency room: A prospective observational study

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 260-266

  Brunser, Alejandro M ^a,d   Lavados, Pablo M ^a,b   Cárcamo, Daniel A ^a,c   Hoppe, Arnold ^a   Olavarría, Verónica ^a   Diaz, Violeta ^a   Rivas, Rodrigo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c SSMO   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Ischemic stroke; Ultrasound diagnosis; Ultrasound Doppler sonography

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 77954875156     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319068     Document Type: Article

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