Brain imaging in transient ischemic attack - Redefining TIA

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1105-1110

  Pavlovic, Aleksandra M ^a,c   Barras, Christen D ^a,b   Hand, Peter J ^a   Tress, Brian M ^b   Desmond, Patricia M ^b   Davis, Stephen M ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Diffusion weighted imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Perfusion weighted imaging; Prognosis; Stroke; Transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; SYMPTOM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

BRAIN; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 77955551362     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2010.01.011     Document Type: Review

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