Dramatic recovery in acute ischemic stroke is associated with arterial recanalization grade and speed

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2998-3002

  Mazighi, Mikael ^a,b   Meseguer, Elena ^a,b   Labreuche, Julien ^b   Serfaty, Jean Michel ^a   Laissy, Jean Pierre ^a   Lavallée, Philippa C ^a,b   Cabrejo, Lucie ^a,b   Guidoux, Céline ^a,b   Lapergue, Bertrand ^a,b   Klein, Isabelle F ^a,b   Olivot, Jean Marc ^a   Rouchaud, Aymeric ^a,b   Desilles, Jean Philippe ^a,b   Schouman Claeys, Elisabeth ^a   Amarenco, Pierre ^a,b  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

acute stroke syndromes; dramatic recovery; recanalization; thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; DRAMATIC RECOVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANKIN SCALE;

AGED; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84868215084     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.112.658849     Document Type: Article

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