Increasing use of computed tomographic perfusion and computed tomographic angiograms in acute ischemic stroke from 2006 to 2010

Stroke

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1029-1034

  Vagal, Achala ^a   Meganathan, Karthikeyan ^a   Kleindorfer, Dawn O ^a   Adeoye, Opeolu ^a   Hornung, Richard ^a   Khatri, Pooja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Perfusion imaging; Reperfusion; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC PERFUSION IMAGING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROIMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY;

PERFUSION IMAGING; REPERFUSION; UTILIZATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PERFUSION IMAGING; STROKE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897473104     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.004332     Document Type: Article

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