Bridging therapy in acute ischemic stroke: Are we ready for a new standard of care?

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 880-881

  Mazighi, Mikael ^a,b,c   Labreuche, Julien ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

acute stroke; alteplase; endovascular; IV tPA; thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ARTERY OCCLUSION; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; SAFETY;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 79954615825     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.609149     Document Type: Editorial

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