title: Hyperdense artery sign in middle cerebral and basilar arteries: A catastrophic stroke.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte Hospital, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Electronic address: fredicm@bol.com.br.
authors.forename: Frederico Carvalho
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: de Medeiros
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte Hospital, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Electronic address: dani_viana86@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Danielle Christine Ribeiro
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Viana
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte Hospital, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Electronic address: danilomaltab@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Danilo Malta
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Batista
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte Hospital, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Electronic address: cintialva@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Cíntia Alvarenga
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Pereira
mesh_terms: D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D004617:Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020768:Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D020521:Stroke / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
keywords: Acute stroke; Basilar occlusion; Computed tomography; Hyperdense artery sign; Middle cerebral artery occlusion