CT-angiographic collateralization predicts final infarct volume after intra-arterial thrombolysis for acute anterior circulation ischemic stroke

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 177-184

  Angermaier, A ^a   Langner, S ^a   Kirsch, M ^a   Kessler, C ^a   Hosten, N ^a   Khaw, A V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; Collateralization; CT angiography; Infarct volume

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; IODIXANOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPERFUSION; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649712585     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321868     Document Type: Article

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