Early recanalization after intravenous administration of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator as assessed by pre- and post-thrombolytic angiography in acute ischemic stroke patients

Stroke

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 192-193

  Lee, Kyung Yul ^a   Han, Sang Won ^a   Kim, Seo Hyun ^a   Nam, Hyo Seok ^a   Ahn, Sung Whan ^a   Kim, Dong Joon ^b   Seo, Sang Hyun ^b   Kim, Dong Ik ^b   Heo, Ji Hoe ^a,b  

^a Department of Neurology   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CT angiography; Thrombolysis; Tissue plasminogen activator

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; UROKINASE;

ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; STROKE PATIENT; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845916142     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000251788.03914.00     Document Type: Article

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