Quantification of Target Population for Ultrasound Enhanced Thrombolysis in Acute Ischemic Stroke

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-81

  Nolte, Christian H ^a   Doepp, Florian ^a   Schreiber, Stephan J ^a   Gerischer, Lea M ^a   Audebert, Heinrich J ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic bone window; RtPA; Sonothrombolysis; Stroke; Therapeutic ultrasound; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERMANY; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND ABLATION; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872599408     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2011.00632.x     Document Type: Article

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