Intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke: Preliminary experience with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator in the UK

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 438-442

  Walters, M R ^a   Muir, K W ^b   Harbison, J ^c   Lees, K R ^a   Ford, G A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute ischaemic stroke; Intravenous thrombolysis; Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT SELECTION; PETECHIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; RANKIN SCALE; RATING SCALE; RECIPIENT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATORS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27944502859     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000088982     Document Type: Article

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