Shorter time to intervention improves recanalization success and clinical outcome post intra-arterial intervention for basilar artery thrombosis

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1397-1400

  Tan, Mei Lyn ^a   Mitchell, Peter ^b   Dowling, Richard ^b   Tacey, Mark ^b   Yan, Bernard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute; Intervention; Ischaemic stroke; Recanalization

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY THROMBOSIS; BLOOD CLOT; BLOOD VESSEL PERFORATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; MORTALITY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; RECANALIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENT; STROKE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; BASILAR ARTERY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866320468     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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