Imaging the clot: Does clot appearance predict the efficacy of thrombolysis?

Stroke

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2333-2334

  Molina, Carlos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; Reprefusion; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; BLOOD CLOT; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLOOD COAGULATION; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FIBRINOLYSIS; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; REPERFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27644469104     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000185933.44619.1b     Document Type: Editorial

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