Need to clarify thrombolysis in myocardial ischemia (TIMI) scale scoring method in the penumbra pivotal stroke trial

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Saver, Jeffrey L ^a   Liebeskind, David S ^a   Nogueira, Raul G ^b   Jahan, Reza ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; THROMBOLYSIS IN MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 77449113703     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.566406     Document Type: Letter

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