Determination of the Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion Length in Acute Stroke: Contribution of 4D CT Angiography and Importance for Thrombolytic Efficacy Prediction

Clinical Neuroradiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 257-265

  Baxa, J ^a   Rohan, V ^a   Tupy, R ^a   Cerna, L ^a   Flohr, T ^b   Polivka, J ^a   Ferda, J ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

4D CT angiography; Early recanalization; Ischemic stroke; Middle cerebral artery occlusion; Thrombolytic therapy

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; IODINE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOUR DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; RECANALIZATION; ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG MONITORING; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941175567     PISSN: 18691439     EISSN: 18691447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00062-014-0302-x     Document Type: Article

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