Multidetector computed tomography angiography: Application in vertebral artery dissection

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-41

  Teasdale, Evelyn ^a   Zampakis, Peter ^a   Santosh, Celestine ^a   Razvi, Saif ^a  

^a SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multidetector computed tomographic angiography; stroke; sub arachnoid hemorrhage; vertebral artery dissection

Indexed keywords

IOBITRIDOL;

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIMB DISEASE; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUADRIPLEGIA; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VASCULAR PATENCY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

EID: 79957564425     PISSN: 09722327     EISSN: 19983549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-2327.78048     Document Type: Article

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