Endovascular interventions following intravenous thrombolysis may improve survival and recovery in patients with acute ischemic stroke: A case-control study

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1918-1924

  Burns, T C ^a   Rodriguez, Gustavo J ^a   Patel, S ^a   Hussein, H M ^a   Georgiadis, A L ^a   Lakshminarayan, K ^a   Qureshi, A I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEURORADIOLOGY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MINNESOTA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56849119889     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1236     Document Type: Article

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