Middle cerebral artery thrombolysis through the contralateral internal carotid artery - Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 372-375

  Kanazawa, Ryuzaburo ^a   Kominami, Shushi ^a   Yoshida, Yoichi ^a   Kobayashi, Shiro ^a   Teramoto, Akira ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contralateral internal carotid artery; Internal carotid artery occlusion; Middle cerebral artery thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; UROKINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY;

CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 3843050035     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.44.372     Document Type: Article

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