Clinical applications of the computed tomography angiography spot sign in acute intracerebral hemorrhage a review

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3427-3432

  Brouwers, H Bart ^a   Goldstein, Joshua N ^a   Romero, Javier M ^a   Rosand, Jonathan ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography angiography; Computed tomography angiography spot sign; Functional outcome; Hematoma expansion intracerebral hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM EXTRAVASATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPOT SIGN; STANDARDIZATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84870867113     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.112.664003     Document Type: Review

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