Acute stroke imaging: What is sufficient for triage to endovascular therapies?

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 790-792

  Lev, M H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTIGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE;

CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; HUMANS; PERFUSION IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRIAGE;

EID: 84861117993     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3098     Document Type: Editorial

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