Predictors for Recanalization After Intravenous Thrombolysis in Acute Ischemic Stroke

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-24

  Tandberg Askevold, Erik ^a   Naess, Halvor ^a   Thomassen, Lars ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; Recanalization; stroke; thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD GLUCOSE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 33846118364     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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