CT angiographic source images predict outcome and final infarct volume better than noncontrast CT in proximal vascular occlusions

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1575-1580

  Bhatia, Rohit ^a   Bal, Simerpreet S ^b   Shobha, Nandavar ^c   Menon, Bijoy K ^b   Tymchuk, Sarah ^b   Puetz, Volker ^d   Dzialowski, Imanuel ^d   Coutts, Shelagh B ^b   Goyal, Mayank ^b   Barber, Philip A ^b   Watson, Tim ^b   Smith, Eric E ^b   Demchuk, Andrew M ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Super Speciality Eye Hospital   (India)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ASPECTS score; CTA SI; infarct; ischemic stroke; outcome

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY SOURCE IMAGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NONCONTRAST COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 79958250769     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.603936     Document Type: Article

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