Recanalization and outcome after intra-arterial thrombolysis in middle cerebral artery and internal carotid artery occlusion: Does sex matter?

Stroke

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1281-1285

  Arnold, Marcel ^a   Kappeler, Liliane ^a   Nedeltchev, Krassen ^a   Brekenfeld, Caspar ^a   Fischer, Urs ^a   Keserue, Borbala ^a   Remonda, Luca ^a   Schroth, Gerhard ^a   Mattle, Heinrich P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Angiography; Outcome; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

UROKINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; RECANALIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247855094     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000259711.13490.23     Document Type: Article

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