Outcome after thrombolysis for acute isolated posterior cerebral artery occlusion

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-88

  Meier, Niklaus ^a   Fischer, Urs ^a   Schroth, Gerhard ^a   Findling, Oliver ^a   Brekenfeld, Caspar ^a   El Koussy, Marwan ^a   De Marchis, Gian Marco ^a   Mono, Marie Luise ^a   Jung, Simon ^a   Gralla, Jan ^a   Nedeltchev, Krassen ^a   Mattle, Heinrich P ^a   Arnold, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; Percheron artery; Posterior cerebral artery; Thrombolytic therapy

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; UROKINASE;

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CATHETERIZATION; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; INTRAARTERIAL THROMBOLYSIS; INTRAVENOUS THROMBOLYSIS; ISOLATED POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MALE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANKIN SCALE; RECANALIZATION;

AGED; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; QUALITY OF LIFE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958766533     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000328229     Document Type: Article

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