Intra-arterial thrombolysis of occluded middle cerebral artery by use of collateral pathways in patients with tandem cervical carotid artery/middle cerebral artery occlusion

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1596-1600

  Ozdemir, Ozcan ^a   Bussiere M ^a   Leung, A ^a   Gulka, I ^a   Lee, D ^a   Chan, R ^a   Spence, J D ^a   Pelz, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CATHETERIZATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS THROMBECTOMY; PETECHIA; POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; RANKIN SCALE; RECANALIZATION; REVASCULARIZATION; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51649126461     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1163     Document Type: Article

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