Carotid duplex ultrasonography can predict outcome of intravenous alteplase therapy for hyperacute stroke

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-29

  Koga, Masatoshi ^a   Toyoda, Kazunori ^a   Nakashima, Takahiro ^a   Hyun, Boo Han ^a   Uehara, Toshiyuki ^a   Yokota, Chiaki ^a   Nagatsuka, Kazuyuki ^a   Naritomi, Hiroaki ^a   Minematsu, Kazuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alteplase; internal carotid artery occlusion; intracranial hemorrhage; outcome; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID DUPLEX ULTRASONOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; EMBOLISM; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATORS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; STROKE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 78650702869     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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