Computed tomography perfusion-based selection of patients for endovascular recanalization

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Amenta, Peter S ^a   Ali, Muhammad S ^a   Dumont, Aaron S ^a   Gonzalez, L Fernando ^a   Tjoumakaris, Stavropoula I ^a   Hasan, David ^b   Rosenwasser, Robert H ^a   Jabbour, Pascal ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic infarct; Computed tomography perfusion; Endovascular recanalization; Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCINTIGRAPHY; STANDARD;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PERFUSION IMAGING; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79958811468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.4.FOCUS10296     Document Type: Article

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