Medical therapy for ischemic stroke: Review of intravenous and intra-arterial treatment options

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 76, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Taussky, Philipp ^a   Tawk, Rabih G ^a   Daugherty, Wilson P ^a   Hanel, Ricardo A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute cerebral ischemia; Fibrinolytic therapy; Stroke; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; DESMOTEPLASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; RETEPLASE; SARUPLASE; STREPTOKINASE; UROKINASE;

BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RANKIN SCALE; REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; STREPTOKINASE; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE-TYPE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 83755170721     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2011.05.048     Document Type: Review

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