Recanalization of middle cerebral artery and intracranial aneurysm in the same ischemic territory with intravenous administration of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator: Case report

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 269-272

  Matsuzaki, Toshinori ^a   Yoshino, Atsuo ^a   Sakatani, Kaoru ^a   Katayama, Yoichi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

alteplase; cerebral aneurysm; Fibrinolysis; hyperdense sign; reperfusion

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY EMBOLISM; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEURORADIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION;

AGED; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PARALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 79955492171     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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