The influence of anterior cerebral artery flow diversion measured by transcranial Doppler on acute infarct volume and clinical outcome in anterior circulation stroke

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 228-234

  Zareie, Hossein ^a,b   Quain, Debbie A ^a,b   Parsons, Mark ^a,b   Inder, Kerry J ^a,b   Mcelduff, Patrick ^a,b   Miteff, Ferdinand ^a   Spratt, Neil J ^a,b   Levi, Christopher ^a,b  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical outcome; Infarct volume; Ischaemic stroke; Leptomeningeal collateralization; Penumbra; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

TENECTEPLASE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEPTOMENINGEAL COLLATERALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MENINGES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 84878169219     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2012.00801.x     Document Type: Article

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