Thrombolysis and angioplasty for acute occlusion of intracranial vertebrobasilar arteries

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 919-922

  Nakayama, Teiji ^a   Tanaka, Keisei ^b   Kaneko, Mitsuo ^b   Yokoyama, Tetsuo ^b   Uemura, Kenichi ^b  

^a HAMAMATSU MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Arterial occlusion; Intracranial vertebrobasilar artery; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; UROKINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; RESTENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

EID: 0031947916     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.88.5.0919     Document Type: Article

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