Multimodal imaging does not delay intravenous thrombolytic therapy in acute stroke

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 864-868

  Salottolo, K M ^a,b   Fanale, C V ^a,d   Leonard, K A ^a   Frei, D F ^a,c,d   Bar Or, David ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b St Anthony Central Hospital   (United States)

^c Radiology Imaging Associates   (United States)

^d Colorado Neurological Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STROKE; THERAPY DELAY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; STROKE; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79956159463     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2394     Document Type: Article

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