Clot Burden and Collaterals in Anterior Circulation Stroke: Differences Between Single-Phase CTA and Multi-phase 4D-CTA

Clinical Neuroradiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 309-315

  Kaschka, I N ^a   Kloska, S P ^a   Struffert, T ^a   Engelhorn, T ^a   Golitz P ^a   Kurka, N ^a   Kohrmann M ^a   Schwab, S ^a   Doerfler, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

4D computed tomography angiography; Collateral circulation; Perfusion imaging; Stroke; Thrombus

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; IOMEPROL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CANNULA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOT BURDEN SCORE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; COLLATERAL SCORE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOUR DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBUS LENGTH; ALGORITHM; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN INFARCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION STUDY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MALE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84913580636     PISSN: 18691439     EISSN: 18691447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00062-014-0359-6     Document Type: Article

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