Ischemic stroke

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-26

  Kunst, Mara M ^a   Schaefer, Pamela W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Infarction; Ischemia; Penumbra; Perfusion; Stroke imaging

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DESMOTEPLASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM; PLACEBO;

ALGORITHM; ALLERGIC REACTION; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST INDUCED NEPHROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NEPHROGENIC SYSTEMIC FIBROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION;

BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78649407503     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2010.07.010     Document Type: Review

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