Cerebral aneurysm exclusion by CT angiography based on subarachnoid hemorrhage pattern: A retrospective study

BMC Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kelliny, Marc ^a   Maeder, Philippe ^a   Binaghi, Stefano ^a   Levivier, Marc ^a   Regli, Luca ^b   Meuli, Reto ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SYMPTOM; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 78651558303     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-11-8     Document Type: Article

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