Magnetic Resonance investigation into the mechanisms involved in the development of high-altitude cerebral edema

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 319-331

  Sagoo, Ravjit S ^a   Hutchinson, Charles E ^a,b   Wright, Alex ^c   Handford, Charles ^d   Parsons, Helen ^b   Sherwood, Victoria ^a   Wayte, Sarah ^a   Nagaraja, Sanjoy ^a   Ng'Andwe, Eddie ^a   Wilson, Mark H ^e   Imray, Christopher H E ^a,b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; cerebral blood flow; high altitude; magnetic resonance imaging; physiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VEIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN CIRCULATION; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBRAL BLOOD VOLUME; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OXYGEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85006504114     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: 15597016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0271678X15625350     Document Type: Article

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