Intra-arterial thrombolysis or stent placement during endovascular treatment for acute ischemic stroke leads to the highest recanalization rate: Results of a multicenter retrospective study

Neurosurgery

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1618-1622

  Gupta, Rishi ^a,o   Tayal, Ashis H ^b   Levy, Elad I ^c   Cheng Ching, Esteban ^d   Rai, Ansaar ^e   Liebeskind, David S ^f   Yoo, Albert J ^g   Hsu, Daniel P ^h   Rymer, Marilyn M ⁱ   Zaidat, Osama O ^j   Lin, Ridwan ^k   Natarajan, Sabareesh K ^c   Nogueira, Raul G ^a   Nanda, Ashish ^h   Tian, Melissa ^b   Hao, Qing ^f   Abou Chebl, Alex ^l   Kalia, Junaid S ^j   Nguyen, Thanh N ^m   Chen, Michael ⁿ   Jovin, Tudor G ^k   more..

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^e WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

ⁱ Saint Luke's Brain and Stroke Institute   (United States)

^j MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^m BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Endovascular stroke; Intra arterial thrombolysis; Stent

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; RETEPLASE; UROKINASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID TERMINUS OCCLUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE THERAPY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; INTRACRANIAL STENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENT; STROKE PATIENT;

AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955880226     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31820f156c     Document Type: Article

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