Do centres with well-developed protocols, training and infrastructure have higher rates of thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke?

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 785-791

  Van Wijngaarden, J D H ^a   Dirks, M ^a   Niessen, L W ^b   Huijsman, R ^a   Dippel, D W J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOM; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052218599     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcr075     Document Type: Article

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