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Monthly Archives: July 2014
Journal Club Review “Certainty of Stroke Diagnosis: Incremental Benefit with CT Perfusion over Non-Contrast CT and CT Angiography”
Background The accompanying primer, Thrombolysis for Stroke and role of CT perfusion Imaging, describes the difficulties and potential shortcomings of thrombolysis for acute stroke and the way that CT perfusion may improve patient selection for thrombolysis. This paper, by Hopyat … Continue reading
Posted in Stroke
Tagged CT angiography, CT perfusion, stroke, stroke diagnosis, stroke imaging, stroke mimics, thrombolysis, TIA, unenhanced CT
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Primer on Thrombolysis for Stroke and Role of CT Perfusion Imaging
Stroke, defined as a sudden vascular event resulting in localised brain damage (World Health Organisation, 1978), is without doubt a major challenge in health care, being the third most common cause of mortality in developed countries and the single greatest … Continue reading
Posted in Primer Posts for General Readers, Stroke
Tagged CT perfusion, stroke, stroke diagnosis, stroke imaging, thrombolysis
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