The donut sign on CT angiography: An indicator of reversible intraluminal carotid thrombus?

Neuroradiology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1055-1056

  Menon, Bijoy K ^a   Singh, Jagadeesh ^a   Al Khataami, Ali ^a   Demchuk, Andrew M ^a   Goyal, Mayank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY INTERVENTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78650181685     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-010-0738-x     Document Type: Letter

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