Collateral Circulation in Ischemic Stroke: Assessment Tools and Therapeutic Strategies

Stroke

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3302-3309

  Bang, Oh Young ^a   Goyal, Mayank ^b   Liebeskind, David S ^c  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

collateral circulation; computed tomography; magnetic resonance imaging; reperfusion; stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR;

BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED SCINTIGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EMBOLECTOMY; HUMAN; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECANALIZATION; REPERFUSION; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SPIN LABELING; STENT RETRIEVER; STROKE PATIENT; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING; TIME TO TREATMENT; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; COMPLICATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; STROKE; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROIMAGING; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84945959454     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.010508     Document Type: Review

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