MRI in patients with acute basilar artery occlusion - DWI lesion scoring is an independent predictor of outcome

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 282-288

  Nagel, Simon ^a   Herweh, Christian ^a   Köhrmann, Martin ^b   Huttner, Hagen B ^b   Poli, Sven ^a   Hartmann, Marius ^a,c   Hähnel, Stefan ^a   Steiner, Thorsten ^a   Ringleb, Peter ^a   Hacke, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c HELIOS KLINIKUM BERLIN BUCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basilar artery occlusion; DWI; MRI; pcASPECTS; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ACUTE BASILAR ARTERY OCCLUSION; ACUTE STROKE PROGNOSIS EARLY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCORE; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PONS; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANKIN SCALE; RECANALIZATION; RENARD SCORE; SMOKING; STENT; THALAMUS; TRACHEOTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BASILAR ARTERY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPERFUSION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861143204     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2011.00705.x     Document Type: Article

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