Detection and Significance of Incidental Unruptured Cerebral Aneurysms in Patients Undergoing Intravenous Thrombolysis for Acute Ischemic Stroke

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 197-200

  Kim, Joon Tae ^a   Park, Man Seok ^a,b   Yoon, Woong ^a   Cho, Ki Hyun ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital and Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; Thrombolysis; Unruptured cerebral aneurysm

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AGED; ANTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859700713     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2010.00560.x     Document Type: Article

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