Ineffective thrombolytic therapy for calcified cerebral emboli originated from calcified internal carotid artery stenosis

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 281-284

  Okazaki, Shuhei ^a   Sakaguchi, Manabu ^a   Sugiyama, Yukio ^a   Ooe, Hiroshi ^a   Kitagawa, Kazuo ^a   Sakoda, Saburo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain infarction; Calcified cerebral emboli; Carotid stenosis; Thrombolytic therapy; Tissue plasminogen activator

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 67849116452     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.49.281     Document Type: Article

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