Speed of intracranial clot lysis with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator therapy: Sonographic classification and short-term improvement

Circulation

Volumn 103, Issue 24, 2001, Pages 2897-2902

  Alexandrov, Andrei V ^a,c   Burgin, W Scott ^a   Demchuk, Andrew M ^b   El Mitwalli, Ashraf ^a   Grotta, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Prognosis; Recanalization; Stroke; Thrombolysis; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; STROKE;

EID: 0035912941     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.103.24.2897     Document Type: Article

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