Hyperdense middle cerebral and/or internal carotid arteries in acute ischemic stroke: Rate, predictive factors and influence on clinical outcome

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 239-245

  Paciaroni, Maurizio ^a   Agnelli, Giancarlo ^a   Floridi, Piero ^b   Alberti, Andrea ^a   Acciarresi, Monica ^a   Venti, Michele ^a   Alagia, Maria Gabriella ^b   Fiacca, Andrea ^b   Gallina, Maria Cristina ^b   Guercini, Giorgio ^b   Pantaleoni, Roberto ^b   Leone, Francesca ^b   Pieroni, Alessio ^a   Caso, Valeria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Hyperdense artery; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80051798356     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000329375     Document Type: Article

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