The hyperdense internal carotid artery sign: Prevalence and prognostic relevance in stroke thrombolysis

Stroke Research and Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Fitzsimmons, P R ^a   Biswas, S ^a   Hill, A M ^a   Kumar, R ^a   Cullen, C ^a   White, R P ^b   Sharma, A K ^a   Durairaj, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

AGED; BARTHEL INDEX; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERDENSE INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY SIGN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REVIEW; STROKE;

EID: 80053463448     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20420056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4061/2011/843607     Document Type: Review

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