Multicenter study of the European Assessment Group for Lysis in the Eye (EAGLE) for the treatment of central retinal artery occlusion: Design issues and implications. EAGLE study report no. 1

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 244, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 950-956

  Feltgen, Nicolas ^a   Neubauer, A ^b   Jurklies, B ^c   Schmoor, C ^a   Schmidt, D ^a   Wanke, J ^c   Maier Lenz, H ^a   Schumacher, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central retinal artery occlusion; Fibrinolysis; Hemodilution; Stroke; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALTEPLASE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODILUTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASSAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FIBRINOLYSIS; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HEMODILUTION; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33746924838     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-005-0140-2     Document Type: Article

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