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E Y Kim1, J H Heo, S-K Lee, D J Kim, S-H Suh, J Kim, D I Kim.
Abstract
Thin-section noncontrast CT (NCT) can detect thrombi in large arteries and can provide a measure of thrombus composition based on Hounsfield Units (HU). A study using polyethylene tubes as a model of intracranial arteries concluded that the HUs of platelet-rich thrombi are lower than those of erythrocyte-rich thrombi. Thrombus HUs were measured by NCT in 34 patients with acute ischemic stroke before thrombolysis. Thrombi with lower HU counts were resistant to thrombolytics.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 17130421 DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000244492.99737.a8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurology ISSN: 0028-3878 Impact factor: 9.910