Diffusion-weighted MRI helps predict outcome in basilar artery occlusion patients treated with intra-arterial thrombolysis

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 393-400

  Karameshev, Alexander ^a,b,c   Arnold, Marcel ^b   Schroth, Gerhard ^a   Kappeler, Liliane ^b   Stein, Paul ^a   Gralla, Jan ^a   Brekenfeld, Caspar ^a   Findling, Oliver ^b   Mono, Marie Luise ^b   De Marchis, Gian Marco ^b   Fischer, Urs ^b   Mattle, Heinrich P ^b   Nedeltchev, Krassen ^a   El Koussy, Marwan ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^d CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Basilar artery occlusion; Clinical outcome; Diffusion weighted imaging; Intra arterial thrombolysis; Predictor; Urokinase

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN; UROKINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 80053547988     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000330644     Document Type: Article

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