The diagnostic accuracy of TCD for intracranial arterial stenosis/occlusion in patients with acute ischemic stroke: The importance of time interval between detection of TCD and CTA

Neurological Research

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 930-936

  Guan, Jingxia ^a   Zhou, Qin ^a   Ouyang, Huangqing ^a   Zhang, Shaofeng ^a   Lu, Zuneng ^a  

^a RENMIN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; CT angiography; Transcranial doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER;

BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84885584840     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: 17431328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743132813Y.0000000230     Document Type: Article

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