Vascular occlusion enables selecting acute ischemic stroke patients for treatment with desmoteplase

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1561-1566

  Fiebach, Jochen B ^a   Al Rawi, Yasir ^b   Wintermark, Max ^c   Furlan, Anthony J ^d   Rowley, Howard A ^e   Lindstén, Annika ^f   Smyej, Jamal ^f   Eng, Paul ^g   Warach, Steven ^h   Pedraza, Salvador ⁱ  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Signen Biomedical Consulting FZE   (United Arab Emirates)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f H LUNDBECK A S   (Denmark)

^g FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

ⁱ HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

Author keywords

computed tomography angiography; desmoteplase; magnetic resonance angiography; occlusion; stroke

Indexed keywords

DESMOTEPLASE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATORS; STROKE;

EID: 84861580849     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.642322     Document Type: Article

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