Imaging recommendations for acute stroke and transient ischemic attack patients: A joint statement by the American Society of Neuroradiology, the American College of Radiology, and the Society of Neurointerventional Surgery

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Wintermark, Max ^a   Sanelli, P C ^b   Albers, G W ^c   Bello, J ^d   Derdeyn, C ^e   Hetts, S W ^f   Johnson, M H ^g   Kidwell, C ^h   Lev, M H ⁱ   Liebeskind, D S ^j   Rowley, H ^k   Schaefer, P W ⁱ   Sunshine, J L ^l   Zaharchuk, G ^m   Meltzer, C C ⁿ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^l CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ALBERTA STROKE PROGRAM EARLY CT SCORE; ARTERIAL SPIN LABELING; ARTERY MALFORMATION; BLEEDING TENDENCY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEUROIMAGING; NONCONTRAST COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECANALIZATION; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIN LABELING; STENT RETRIEVER THROMBECTOMY DEVICE; STROKE PATIENT; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TURBULENT FLOW; VASCULAR EQUIPMENT; VASCULAR PATENCY;

CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; NEURORADIOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888190925     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3690     Document Type: Review

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