DWI Reversal Is Associated with Small Infarct Volume in Patients with TIA and Minor Stroke

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 660-666

  Asdaghi, N ^a,c,e   Campbell, B C V ^d   Butcher, K S ^c   Coulter, J I ^a   Modi, J ^a   Qazi, A ^a   Goyal, M ^a,b   Demchuk, A M ^a,b   Coutts, S B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; REPEAT PROCEDURE; TISSUE PERFUSION; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; BRAIN; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE;

EID: 84898402228     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3733     Document Type: Article

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