ACR Appropriateness Criteria ® Cerebrovascular Disease
Publication date: May 2017 Source:Journal of the American College of Radiology, Volume 14, Issue 5, Supplement Author(s): Michael B. Salmela, Shabnam Mortazavi, Bharathi D. Jagadeesan, Daniel F. Broderick, Judah Burns, Tejaswini K. Deshmukh, H. Benjamin Harvey, Jenny Hoang, Christopher H. Hunt, Tabassum A. Kennedy, Alexander A. Khalessi, William Mack, Nandini D. Patel, Joel S. Perlmutter, Bruno Policeni, Jason W. Schroeder, Gavin Setzen, Matthew T. Whitehead, Rebecca S. Cornelius, Amanda S. Corey Diseases of the cerebral vasculature represent a heterogeneous group of ischemic and hemorrhagic etiologies, which often manifest clinically as an acute neurologic deficit also known as stroke or less commonly with symptoms such as headache or seizures. Stroke is the fourth leading cause of death and is a leading cause of serious long-term disability in the United States. Eighty-seven percent of strokes are ischemic, 10% are due to intracerebral hemorrhage, and 3% are secondary to subarachnoid hemorrhage. The past two decades have seen significant developments in the screening, diagnosis, and treatment of ischemic and hemorrhagic causes of stroke with advancements in CT and MRI technology and novel treatment devices and techniques. Multiple different imaging modalities can be used in the evaluation of cerebrovascular disease. The different imaging modalities all have their own niches and their own advantages and disadvantages in the evaluation of cerebrovascular...
Source: Journal of the American College of Radiology - Category: Radiology Source Type: research
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