Improved outcome prediction using CT angiography in addition to standard ischemic stroke assessment: Results from the STOPStroke study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  González, R Gilberto ^a   Lev, Michael H ^a   Goldmacher, Gregory V ^a   Smith, Wade S ^b   Payabvash, Seyedmehdi ^a   Harris, Gordon J ^a   Halpern, Elkan F ^a   Koroshetz, Walter J ^c   Camargo, Erica C S ^a   Dillon, William P ^b   Furie, Karen L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALBERTA STROKE PROGRAM EARLY CT SCORE; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BOSTON ACUTE STROKE IMAGING SCALE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANKIN SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE PATIENT; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84856050073     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030352     Document Type: Article

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