Predictors of good clinical outcome in acute stroke patients treated with intravenous thrombolysis

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 339-344

  Sanak D ^a   Herzig, R ^a   Zapletalova J ^a   Horak D ^a   Kral M ^a   Skoloudik D ^a   Bartkova A ^a   Veverka, T ^a   Herman M ^a   Kanovsky P ^a  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Clinical outcome; Infarct volume; Intravenous thrombolysis; Ischemic stroke; Magnetic resonance imaging; Stroke severity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS THROMBOLYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RANKIN SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952835284     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2010.01401.x     Document Type: Article

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