Intravenous thrombolysis in posterior cerebral artery infarctions

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 448-454

  Breuer, L ^a   Huttner, H B ^a   Jentsch, K ^a   Blinzler, C ^a   Winder, K ^a   Engelhorn, T ^a   Kohrmann M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intravenous thrombolysis; Ischemic stroke; Posterior cerebral artery

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPYRIDAMOLE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MORTALITY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFARCTION, POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951853281     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323253     Document Type: Article

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