Outcome of patients with negative CT angiography results for arterial occlusion treated with intravenous thrombolysis

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 868-872

  Mikulik, Robert ^a   Goldemund, David ^a   Reif, Michal ^a   Aulicky, Petr ^a   Krupa, Petr ^a  

^a ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

CT angiography; Outcome; Stroke care; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLUMETRY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FACTUAL DATABASE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATORS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 62449306642     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.532572     Document Type: Article

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