Cost-effectiveness of multimodal CT for evaluating acute stroke

Neurology

Volumn 75, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 1678-1685

  Young, Kate C ^a   Benesch, Curtis G ^a   Jahromi, Babak S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEUROIMAGING; NONCONTRAST COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 78649988024     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181fc2838     Document Type: Article

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