Diffusion lesion reversal after thrombolysis: A MR correlate of early neurological improvement

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2986-2991

  Labeyrie, Marc Antoine ^a   Turc, Guillaume ^a   Hess, Agathe ^a   Hervo, Patrice ^b   Mas, Jean Louis ^a   Meder, Jean François ^a   Baron, Jean Claude ^a   Touzé, Emmanuel ^a   Oppenheim, Catherine ^a  

^a CENTRE DE PSYCHIATRIE ET NEUROSCIENCES   (France)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (France)

Author keywords

diffusion weighted imaging; ischemia; MRI; outcomes; thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84868200810     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.112.661009     Document Type: Article

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