Perfusion imaging of acute stroke: Its role in current and future clinical practice

Radiology

Volumn 266, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-27

  Lev, Michael H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TENECTEPLASE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; NOTE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PERFUSION IMAGING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; STROKE;

EID: 84871693262     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.12121355     Document Type: Note

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