Low body temperature does not compromise the treatment effect of alteplase

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2618-2621

  Lees, Jennifer S ^a   Mishra, Nishant K ^b   Saini, Monica ^c   Lyden, Patrick D ^d   Shuaib, Ashfaq ^c  

^a National Health Service   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

body temperature; outcomes; thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 80052407468     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.611210     Document Type: Article

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