Time is brain(stem) in Basilar artery occlusion

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3003-3006

  Vergouwen, Mervyn D I ^a   Algra, Ale ^a   Pfefferkorn, Thomas ^b   Weimar, Christian ^c   Rueckert, Christina M ^d   Thijs, Vincent ^e   Jaap Kappelle, L ^a   Schonewille, Wouter J ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^d St Elisabeth Hospital   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^f ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

basilar artery occlusion; ischemic; outcome; recanalization therapy; stroke; thrombolysis; time is brain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY OCCLUSION; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN STEM; DISEASE REGISTRY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANKIN SCALE; RECANALIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BRAIN STEM; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MECHANICAL THROMBOLYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84868204659     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.112.666867     Document Type: Article

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