Successful intra-arterial thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke in the immediate postpartum period: Case report

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 193-195

  Méndez, Jose C ^a   Masjuan J ^a   Garcia N ^a   De Lecinana M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Postpartum; Stroke, ischemic; Thrombolytic therapy

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; UROKINASE;

ADULT; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HEMIANOPIA; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; THROMBOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 38049128985     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-006-0033-8     Document Type: Article

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