Stroke severity and residual flow determined by transcranial colour-coded ultrasound (TCCD) predict recanalization and clinical outcome during thrombolysis

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 296, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 96-100

  Bonvin, Christophe ^a   Momjian Mayor, Isabelle ^a   Sekoranja, Lucka ^a   Lövblad, Karl Olof ^a   Altrichter, Stephen ^a   Yilmaz, Hassan ^a   Pereira, Vitor Mendes ^a   Loulidi, Jaouad ^a   Comelli, Mario ^b   Burkhard, Pierre R ^a   Sztajzel, Roman F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; Combined intravenous and intra arterial thrombolysis; Outcome; Recanalization; Thrombolysis in Brain Ischemia (TIBI); Transcranial color coded doppler

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; RECANALIZATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 77956884007     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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