Continuous monitoring of middle cerebral artery recanalization with transcranial color-coded sonography and Levovist

Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-59

  Viguier, Alain ^a,b   Petit, Raphael ^a   Rigal, Mathieu ^a   Cintas, Pascal ^a   Larrue, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Thrombolysis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; SHU 508;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICROBUBBLE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROIMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; CEREBRAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; POLYSACCHARIDES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 21844436296     PISSN: 09295305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11239-005-0940-6     Document Type: Article

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