Expanding the range of therapies for acute ischemic stroke: The early experience of the regional Stroke Center at Hartford Hospital

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 419-429

  Silverman, Isaac E ^a,b,c,e   Beland, Dawn K ^a   Bohannon, Richard W ^d   Ohki, Stephen K ^a   Spiegel, Gary R ^a,c  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CATHETERIZATION; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG APPROVAL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPERIENCE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEURORADIOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT TRANSPORT; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CONNECTICUT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OCTANOIC ACIDS; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3843107920     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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