Treatment of a basilar artery occlusion with intra-arterial thrombolysis in a 3-year-old girl

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 357-360

  Bhatt, Archit ^a   Naravetla, Bharat ^a   Majid, Arshad ^a   Kassab, Mounzer ^a   Gupta, Rishi ^b  

^a East Lansing   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basilar artery occlusion; Intra arterial thrombolysis; Pediatric stroke

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; MIDAZOLAM; PHENOBARBITAL; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DROWSINESS; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; STROKE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CATHETERIZATION; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THROMBOSIS; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

CATHETERIZATION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; THROMBOSIS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 58849123847     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-008-9086-7     Document Type: Article

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