Perfusion computed tomography-guided intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke beyond 4.5 hours: A case-control study

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-37

  García Bermejo, Pablo ^a   Calleja, Ana I ^a   Pérez Fernández, Santiago ^b   Cortijo, Elisa ^a   Del Monte, José M ^b   García Porrero, Miguel ^b   Fe Munoz M ^a   Fernández Herranz, Rosario ^a   Arenillas, Juan F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO DE VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b Department of Radiology   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; Acute management of stroke; Acute stroke imaging; Acute stroke thrombolysis; Penumbral imaging; Perfusion computed tomography; Tissue plasminogen activator

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERFUSION; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863091231     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000338778     Document Type: Article

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