Association of early national institutes of health stroke scale improvement with vessel recanalization and functional outcome after intravenous thrombolysis in ischemic stroke

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1638-1643

  Kharitonova, Tatiana ^a,b   Mikulik, Robert ^c   Roine, Risto O ^d   Soinne, Lauri ^e   Ahmed, Niaz ^a,b   Wahlgren, Nils ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^d TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

early neurological improvement; recanalization; stroke; thrombolysis; vessel occlusion

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EARLY NEUROLOGICAL IMPROVEMENT; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD VESSELS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958275253     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.606194     Document Type: Article

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