Nonocclusion and spontaneous recanalization rates in acute ischemic stroke: A review of cerebral angiography studies

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1870-1873

  Kassem Moussa, Hassan ^a   Graffagnino, Carmelo ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; PLACEBO; PROUROKINASE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ACCURACY; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036897054     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.59.12.1870     Document Type: Review

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