Clinical and tissue response to intravenous thrombolysis in tandem internal carotid artery/middle cerebral artery occlusion: An mri study

Stroke

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1616-1618

  Thomalla, Götz ^a   Kruetzelmann, Anna ^a   Siemonsen, Susanne ^a   Gerloff, Christian ^a   Rosenkranz, Michael ^a   Röther, Joachim ^b   Fiehler, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM MINDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; Carotid artery occlusion; Magnetic resonance imaging; Middle cerebral artery occlusion; Outcome; Thrombolytic therapy

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFARCTION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44449113858     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.504951     Document Type: Article

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