CT perfusion cerebral blood volume does not always predict infarct core in acute ischemic stroke

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1777-1783

  d’Esterre, Christopher D ^a,b   Roversi, Gloria ^c   Padroni, Marina ^c   Bernardoni, Andrea ^c   Tamborino, Carmine ^c   De Vito, Alessandro ^d   Azzini, Cristiano ^d   Marcello, Onofrio ^d   Saletti, Andrea ^d   Ceruti, Stefano ^d   Lee, Ting Yim ^a,b,e   Fainardi, Enrico ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^e ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood volume; CT perfusion; Hypervolemia; Infarct core; Penumbra

Indexed keywords

IOMEPROL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HYPERVOLEMIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECANALIZATION; WHITE MATTER; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTIGRAPHY; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERFUSION IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84942501685     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-015-2244-8     Document Type: Article

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