Advanced Imaging Assessment of Posterior Circulation Stroke Before and After Endovascular Intervention

• Published in: Neurocritical care Vol. 13; no. 3; pp. 407 - 410
• Main Authors: Khan, Asif A., Gatlin, Joseph, Uschmann, Hartmut, Luzardo, Gustavo, Buciuc, Razvan, Khan, Majid
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Humana Press Inc 01.12.2010; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Basilar Artery - diagnostic imaging; Blood clots; Brain Stem - blood supply; Brain Stem - diagnostic imaging; Cerebral Angiography - methods; Critical Care Medicine; Emergency medical care; Humans; Infarction, Posterior Cerebral Artery - diagnostic imaging; Infarction, Posterior Cerebral Artery - surgery; Intensive; Internal Medicine; Ischemia; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Neurology; Neurosciences; Practical Pearl; Stroke; Thrombectomy; Thrombosis; Tomography; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods; Veins & arteries; Mismatch; Perfusion-computed tomography; Brainstem; Basilar

Background Perfusion-computed tomography (CTP) is a relatively new technique that allows rapid semiquantitative noninvasive evaluation of cerebral perfusion aiding in the diagnosis of cerebral ischemia and infarction. There is a paucity of data on its application within the posterior circulation, es...