Does perfusion computed tomography facilitate clinical decision making for thrombolysis in unselected acute patients with suspected ischaemic stroke?

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 227-233

  Agarwal, S ^a,c   Jones, P S ^a   Alawneh, J A ^a   Antoun, N M ^b   Barry, P J ^c   Carrera, E ^a   Cotter, P E ^a   O'Brien, E W ^c   Salih, I ^c   Scoffings, D J ^b   Baron, J C ^a,d   Warburton, E A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Radiology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Perfusion computed tomography; Stroke; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PERFUSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PERFUSION IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80051786872     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000329310     Document Type: Article

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