End-diastolic velocity increase predicts recanalization and neurological improvement in patients with ischemic stroke with proximal arterial occlusions receiving reperfusion therapies

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 948-952

  Alexandrov, Andrei V ^a   Tsivgoulis, Georgios ^a,b   Rubiera, Marta ^a,c   Vadikolias, Konstantinos ^b   Stamboulis, Elefterios ^d   Molina, Carlos A ^c   Alexandrov, Anne W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Occlusion; Outcome; Stroke; Thrombectomy; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANKIN SCALE; RECANALIZATION; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 77951766350     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.577502     Document Type: Article

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