Pretreatment ipsilateral regional cortical blood flow influences vessel recanalization in intra-arterial thrombolysis for MCA occlusion

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 164-167

  Jovin, Tudor G ^a,b   Gupta, R ^a   Horowitz, M B ^a   Grahovac, S Z ^a   Jungreis, C A ^c   Wechsler, L ^a   Gebel, J M ^d   Yonas, H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Neurological Associates   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE; XENON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH STROKE SCORE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECANALIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVASCULARIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 33846440566     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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