Thrombus length estimation in acute ischemic stroke: A potential role for delayed contrast enhanced CT

Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 244-248

  Mortimer, Alex M ^a   Little, David H ^a   Minhas, Kishore S ^a   Walton, Edward R J ^a   Renowden, Shelley A ^a   Bradley, Marcus D ^a  

^a FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SLICE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; THROMBUS LENGTH; VERY ELDERLY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; COMPLICATION; DEVICES; IMAGE QUALITY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; STROKE; THROMBOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84897954372     PISSN: 17598478     EISSN: 17598486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2013-010769     Document Type: Article

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