Safety and functional outcome of thrombolysis in dissection-related ischemic stroke: A meta-analysis of individual patient data

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2515-2520

  Zinkstok, Sanne M ^a   Vergouwen, Mervyn D I ^b   Engelter, Stefan T ^c   Lyrer, Philippe A ^c   Bonati, Leo H ^c   Arnold, Marcel ^d   Mattle, Heinrich P ^d   Fischer, Urs ^d   Sarikaya, Hakan ^e   Baumgartner, Ralf W ^e   Georgiadis, Dimitrios ^e   Odier, Céline ^f   Michel, Patrik ^f   Putaala, Jukka ^g   Griebe, Martin ^h   Wahlgren, Nils ⁱ   Ahmed, Niaz ⁱ   Van Geloven, Nan ^b   De Haan, Rob J ^b   Nederkoorn, Paul J ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^g HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

ⁱ KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

carotid artery; cerebral infarct; dissection; outcome; safety; thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 80052425983     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.617282     Document Type: Article

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