Recanalization therapy for acute ischemic stroke, part 1: Surgical embolectomy and chemical thrombolysis

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Ansari, Saeed ^a   Rahman, Maryam ^a   Waters, Michael F ^b   Hoh, Brian L ^a   Mocco, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Embolectomy; Review; Stroke; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; PLACEBO; SARUPLASE; STREPTOKINASE; UROKINASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SALVAGE THERAPY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 78951476566     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-010-0293-2     Document Type: Review

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