The capillary index score: Rethinking the acute ischemic stroke treatment algorithm. Results from the Borgess Medical Center Acute Ischemic Stroke Registry

Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 139-143

  Al Ali, Firas ^a   Jefferson, Anne ^b   Barrow, Tom ^a   Cree, Travis ^b   Louis, Susan ^a   Luke, Kim ^a   Major, Kevin ^a   Nemeth, Daniel ^c   Smoker, Sandy ^a   Walker, Sarah ^b  

^a BORGESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Borgess Research Institute   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAPILLARY INDEX SCORE; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAPILLARIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874633647     PISSN: 17598478     EISSN: 17598486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2011-010146     Document Type: Article

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