Thrombolysis in very old people with stroke: Stroke subtypes, patterns, complications, and clinical outcome

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 178-180

  Förster, Alex ^a   Szabo, Kristina ^a   Kreisel, Stefan ^b   Shah, Yogesh P ^a   Kern, Rolf ^a   Griebe, Martin ^a   Hennerici, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b EVANGELISCHES KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STROKE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78651398708     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03226.x     Document Type: Letter

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