Intra-arterial thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke in octogenarians

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 116-122

  Mono, Marie Luise ^a   Romagna, Lorenz ^a   Jung, Simon ^a   Arnold, Marcel ^a   Galimanis, Aekaterini ^a   Fischer, Urs ^a   Kohler, Adrian ^a   Ballinari, Pietro ^a   Brekenfeld, Caspar ^a   Gralla, Jan ^a   Schroth, Gerhard ^a   Mattle, Heinrich P ^a   Nedeltchev, Krassen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; Complications; Intra arterial thrombolysis, outcome; Octogenarians

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; UROKINASE;

ACUTE BRAIN ISCHEMIA; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; RECANALIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; THROMBOLYSIS IN MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION SCORE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; SWITZERLAND; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 83455165011     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000333429     Document Type: Article

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