Ischemic stroke, aortic dissection, and thrombolytic therapy-the importance of basic clinical skills

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1370-1372

  Grupper, Moti ^a   Eran, Ayelet ^b   Shifrin, Alla ^b  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; Stroke; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

CILAZAPRIL; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BLOOD CLOTTING; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 34547850453     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0269-2     Document Type: Article

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