Comparing vessel imaging: Noncontrast computed tomography/computed tomographic angiography should be the new minimum standard in acute disabling stroke

Stroke

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 273-281

  Demchuk, Andrew M ^a   Menon, Bijoy K ^a   Goyal, Mayank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

angiography; intracranial hemorrhage; magnetic resonance angiography; multidetector computed tomography; ultrasonography, Doppler, transcranial

Indexed keywords

ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARDS;

CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84952631677     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.009171     Document Type: Review

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