Endovascular administration after intravenous infusion of thrombolytic agents for the treatment of patients with acute ischemic strokes

Neurosurgery

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 251-259

  Suarez, Jose I ^a,b   Zaidat, Osama O ^a   Sunshine, Jeffrey L ^b   Tarr, Robert ^b   Selman, Warren R ^a   Landis, Dennis M D ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral angiography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Stroke; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; PROUROKINASE; UROKINASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN INFARCTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036480718     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200202000-00005     Document Type: Article

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