Noninvasive Fractional Flow on MRA Predicts Stroke Risk of Intracranial Stenosis

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 87-91

  Liebeskind, David S ^a   Kosinski, Andrzej S ^b   Lynn, Michael J ^c   Scalzo, Fabien ^a   Fong, Albert K ^a   Fariborz, Pari ^d   Chimowitz, Marc I ^e   Feldmann, Edward ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractional flow; Intracranial atherosclerosis; MRA; Stenosis; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STENOSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84920945830     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jon.12101     Document Type: Article

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