Thrombolysis rate and impact of a stroke code: A French hospital experience and a systematic review

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 314, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 120-125

  Dalloz, M A ^a   Bottin, L ^a   Muresan, I P ^a   Favrole, P ^a   Foulon, S ^a   Levy, P ^a,b,c   Drouet, T ^a   Marro, B ^a   Alamowitch, S ^a,c  

^a HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Acute stroke therapy; Ischemic stroke; rtPA; Stroke team; Stroke units; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE REGISTRY; EMBASE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FRANCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84857140506     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2011.10.009     Document Type: Article

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