Successful Delayed Thrombolysis for Cerebral Venous and Dural Sinus Thrombosis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 429-432

  Hocker, Sara E ^a   Dafer, Rima M ^a   Hacein Bey, Lotfi ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral venous thrombosis; thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CEREBRAL VENOUS AND DURAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DETERIORATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; MUTATION; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECANALIZATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATOR;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL VEINS; COMA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 54849435635     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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