Multiple cerebral microbleeds in hyperacute ischemic stroke: Impact on prevalence and severity of early hemorrhagic transformation after thrombolytic treatment

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1443-1449

  Ho, Sung Kim ^a   Lee, Deok Hee ^a   Chang, Woo Ryu ^a   Jeong, Hyun Lee ^a   Choong, Gon Choi ^a   Sang, Joon Kim ^a   Dae, Chul Suh ^a  

^a Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CNS; Ischemic stroke; MR technique; MRI; Neuroimaging; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 33745537994     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.04.1933     Document Type: Article

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