CT angiography spot sign predicts in-hospital mortality in patients with secondary intracerebral hemorrhage

Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 442-447

  Delgado Almandoz, Josser E ^a   Kelly, Hillary R ^b   Schaefer, Pamela W ^b   Brouwers, H Bart ^b   Yoo, Albert J ^b   Stone, Michael J ^b   Goldstein, Joshua N ^b   Rosand, Jonathan ^b   Lev, Michael H ^b   Gonzalez, R Gilberto ^b   Romero, Javier M ^b  

^a ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY ANEURYSM; ANTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY ANEURYSM; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS; CONTRAST MEDIUM EXTRAVASATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; MOYAMOYA DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPOT SIGN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EXTRAVASATION OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870929943     PISSN: 17598478     EISSN: 17598486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2011-010061     Document Type: Article

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