Intravenous thrombolysis with rt-PA in acute stroke patients aged ≥ 80 years

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-22

  Toni, Danilo ^a   Lorenzano, Svetlana ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute stroke therapy; Elderly; Ischemic stroke; Thrombolysis; tPA; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; ELDERLY CARE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; STROKE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 60549105241     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2009.00242.x     Document Type: Note

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