Intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke associated to extracranial internal carotid artery occlusion: The ICARO-2 study

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 430-435

  Paciaroni, Maurizio ^a   Agnelli, Giancarlo ^a   Caso, Valeria ^a   Pieroni, Alessio ^b   Bovi, Paolo ^c   Cappellari, Manuel ^c   Zini, Andrea ^d   Nichelli, Paolo ^d   Inzitari, Domenico ^e   Nesi, Mascia ^e   Nencini, Patrizia ^e   Pezzini, Alessandro ^f   Padovani, Alessandro ^f   Tassinari, Tiziana ^g   Orlandi, Giovanni ^h   Chiti, Alberto ^h   Gialdini, Gino ^h   Alberti, Andrea ^a   Venti, Michele ^a   Acciarresi, Monica ^a   D'amore, Cataldo ^a   Luda, Emilio ⁱ   Tassi, Rossana ^j   Martini, Giuseppe ^j   Ferrarese, Carlo ^k   Beretta, Simone ^k   Trentini, Claudia ^k   Silvestrelli, Giorgio ^l   Lanari, Alessia ^l   Previdi, Paolo ^l   Ciccone, Alfonso ^l   Delodovici, Maria Luisa ^m   Bono, Giorgio ^m   Galletti, Giampiero ⁿ   Marcheselli, Simona ^o   Del Sette, Massimo ^p   Traverso, Elisabetta ^p   Riva, Maurizio ^q   Silvestrini, Mauro ^r   Cerqua, Raffaella ^r   Consoli, Domenico ^s   Monaco, Serena ^t   Toni, Danilo ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^g SANTA CORONA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

ⁱ Rivoli Hospital   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^k SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^l CARLO POMA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

ⁿ MORGAGNI PIERANTONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^o HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^p SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^q Azienda Ospedaliera della Provincia di Lodi   (Italy)

^r UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^s Stroke Unit   (Italy)

^t Ospedale Civile Di Vicenza   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Acute stroke; Carotid occlusion; Outcome; Systemic thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870295308     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000345081     Document Type: Article

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