Value of CT angiography in anterior circulation large vessel occlusive stroke: Imaging findings, pearls, and pitfalls

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1333-1344

  Power, Sarah ^a   Mcevoy, Sinead H ^a   Cunningham, Jane ^a   Ti, Joanna P ^a   Looby, Seamus ^a   O'Hare, Alan ^a   Williams, David ^a   Brennan, Paul ^a   Thornton, John ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Collateral score; CT angiography; Mechanical thrombectomy; Outcome; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ARCH; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ANGIOPLASTY; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LARGE VESSEL OCCLUSIVE STROKE; MALE; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; REPERFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENT RETRIEVER; STROKE PATIENT; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOHEXOL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84930182810     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2015.04.012     Document Type: Article

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