Pre-intervention triage incorporating perfusion imaging improves outcomes in patients undergoing endovascular stroke therapy: A comparison with the device trials

Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 121-127

  Rai, Ansaar T ^a   Raghuram, Karthikram ^a   Domico, Jennifer ^a   Hobbs, Gerald ^a   Carpenter, Jeffrey ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS THROMBECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERFUSION IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAGE;

EID: 84874631989     PISSN: 17598478     EISSN: 17598486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2011-010189     Document Type: Article

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