Thrombus in vertebrobasilar dolichoectatic artery treated with intravenous urokinase

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 28-33

  De Georgia, Michael ^a,b   Belden, John ^a   Pao, Linda ^a   Pessin, Michael ^a   Kwan, Eddie ^a   Caplan, Louis ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Ischemic stroke; Thrombolysis; Vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN; UROKINASE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BASILAR ARTERY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSARTHRIA; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; OSCILLOPSIA; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; BASILAR ARTERY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0032902839     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000015892     Document Type: Article

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