Thrombolysis with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator predicts a favorable discharge disposition in patients with acute ischemic stroke

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 700-704

  Ifejika Jones, Nneka L ^a   Harun, Nusrat ^d   Mohammed Rajput, Nareesa A ^b   Noser, Elizabeth A ^c   Grotta, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL HERMANN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

outcomes; rehabilitation; stroke recovery; thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISCHARGE DISPOSITION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NURSING HOME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REHABILITATION CENTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952072749     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.604108     Document Type: Article

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