Assessment of leptomeningeal collaterals using dynamic CT angiography in patients with acute ischemic stroke

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 365-371

  Menon, Bijoy K ^a   O'Brien, Billy ^b   Bivard, Andrew ^b   Spratt, Neil J ^b   Demchuk, Andrew M ^a   Miteff, Ferdinand ^b   Lu, Xuewen ^c   Levi, Christopher ^b   Parsons, Mark W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

acute ischemic stroke; dynamic CT angiography; leptomeningeal collaterals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MALE; MENINGEAL ARTERY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOPOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERFUSION IMAGING; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84874652437     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: 15597016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2012.171     Document Type: Article

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