Value of CT angiography for the detection of intracranial vascular lesions in patients with acute severe headache

European Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1443-1449

  Han, Ari ^a   Yoon, Dae Young ^a   Kim, Eun Soo ^b   Kim, Heung Cheol ^a   Cho, Byung Moon ^a   Lee, Jong Young ^a  

^a Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CT angiography; Headache; Intracranial aneurysm; Prevalence; Screening

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL; IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANEURYSM; ANTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY ANEURYSM; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; INTRACRANIAL VASCULAR LESION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY ANEURYSM; MOYAMOYA DISEASE; NEURORADIOLOGIST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MOYAMOYA DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878744845     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-012-2751-4     Document Type: Article

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