Evaluation of regional cerebral blood flow using single photon emission tomography for the selection of patients for local fibrinolytic therapy of acute cerebral embolism

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 231-236

  Ezura, Masayuki ^a   Takahashi, Akira ^a   Yoshimoto, Takashi ^b  

^a KOHNAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

cerebral blood flow; cerebral embolism; fibrinolysis; HM PAO; ischemic flow threshold; SPECT

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; SM 9527; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030468484     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00314837     Document Type: Article

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