Sonothrombolysis in the management of acute ischemic stroke

American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-10

  Rubiera, Marta ^a,b   Alexandrov, Andrei V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alteplase, therapeutic use; Fibrinolysis; Stroke, treatment; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; MRX 801; PERFLUTREN; SHU 508; SONOVUE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MICROBUBBLE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MICROBUBBLES; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 77149151217     PISSN: 11753277     EISSN: 1179187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11316850-000000000-00000     Document Type: Review

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