ACR Appropriateness Criteria® on cerebrovascular disease

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 532-538

  DeLaPaz, Robert L ^a   Wippold II, Franz J ^b   Cornelius, Rebecca S ^c   Amin Hanjani, Sepideh ^d,e,f   Angtuaco, Edgardo J ^g   Broderick, Daniel F ^h   Brown, Douglas C ⁱ   Creasy, Jeffrey L ^j   Davis, Patricia C ^k   Garvin, Charles F ^l   Hoh, Brian L ^e,f,m   McConnell Jr , Charles T ⁿ   Mechtler, Laszlo L ^o,p   Seidenwurm, David J ^q   Smirniotopoulos, James G ^r   Tobben, Paul J ^s   Waxman, Alan D ^t,u   Zipfel, Greg J ^e,f,v  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^e American Association of Neurological Surgeons   (United States)

^f Congress of Neurological Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^h MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

ⁱ Hampton Roads Radiology Associates   (United States)

^j VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k Northwest Radiology Consultants   (United States)

^l Center for Diagnostic Imaging   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

ⁿ GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^o DENT NEUROLOGIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^p AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY   (United States)

^q Radiological Associates of Sacramento Medical Group Inc   (United States)

^r UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^s PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^t CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^u Society of Nuclear Medicine   (United States)

^v WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

aneurysm; Appropriateness Criteria ; hemorrhage; stroke; thrombolysis; TIA; transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ACR APPROPRIATENESS CRITERIA; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DELPHI STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 84928096702     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2011.05.010     Document Type: Review

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