Apparent diffusion coefficient thresholds do not predict the response to acute stroke thrombolysis

Stroke

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2626-2631

  Loh, Poh Sien ^a   Butcher, Ken S ^a   Parsons, Mark W ^b   MacGregor, Lachlan ^a   Desmond, Patricia M ^a   Tress, Brian M ^a   Davis, Stephen M ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Magnetic resonance imaging; Stroke; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGED; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT THRESHOLD; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BIOENERGY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644664472     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000189688.95557.2b     Document Type: Article

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