Agreement in endovascular thrombolysis patient selection based on interpretation of presenting CT and CT-P changes in ischemic stroke patients

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 88-94

  Hassan, Ameer E ^a   Zacharatos, Haralabos ^a   Chaudhry, Saqib A ^a   Suri, M Fareed K ^a   Rodriguez, Gustavo J ^a   Miley, Jefferson T ^a   Maud, Alberto ^a   Taylor, Robert A ^a   Ezzeddine, Mustapha A ^a   Anderson, David C ^a   Qureshi, Adnan I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; Cerebral infarction; Computed tomographic perfusion imaging (CTP); Endovascular treatment; Thrombectomy; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY PERFUSION IMAGING; DATA BASE; ENDOVASCULAR THROMBOLYSIS; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; KAPPA STATISTICS; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEUROLOGIST; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PERFUSION IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84861093921     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-011-9577-9     Document Type: Article

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