Multimodal CT-assisted thrombolysis in patients with acute stroke: A cohort study

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1129-1131

  Obach, Víctor ^a   Oleaga, Laura ^a   Urra, Xabier ^a   MacHo, Juan ^a   Amaro, Sergio ^a   Capurro, Sebastian ^a   Gomez Choco, Manuel ^a   San Román, Luís ^a   Cervera, Alvaro ^a   Blasco, Jordi ^a   Vargas, Martha ^a   Torres, Ferrán ^a   Chamorro, Ángel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

imaging; neuroradiology; thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN VASCULAR RESISTANCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANKIN SCALE; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79954928357     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.605766     Document Type: Article

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