Letter by Wu et al Regarding Article, “Safety of Computed Tomographic Angiography in the Evaluation of Patients With Acute Stroke: A Single-Center Experience” | Zendy

Xiao Wu | Zendy; Long Tu | Zendy; Ajay Malhotra | Zendy

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Letter by Wu et al Regarding Article, “Safety of Computed Tomographic Angiography in the Evaluation of Patients With Acute Stroke: A Single-Center Experience”

Author(s) -

Xiao Wu,

Long Tu,

Ajay Malhotra

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.116.014979

Subject(s) - medicine , haven , stroke (engine) , acute stroke , angiography , triage , computed tomographic angiography , radiology , computed tomographic , computed tomography , emergency department , nuclear medicine , emergency medicine , psychiatry , mechanical engineering , engineering , mathematics , combinatorics

We thank the authors Ehrlich et al for their study, which is a valuable effort to look at the safety of computed tomographic angiography (CTA) in acute stroke patients in terms of renal function.1 Multiple previous papers have also found the use of contrast to be safe in triage of acute stroke patients, some even concluding that contrast could be injected even before waiting for serum creatinine levels.2 However, we would like to raise a few concerns about this study.Of the 289 patients included in the …

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