Remote ischemic perconditioning in thrombolysed stroke patients: Randomized study of activating endogenous neuroprotection - design and MRI measurements

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 141-146

  Hougaard, K D ^a   Hjort, N ^a   Zeidler, D ^a   Sorensen L ^a   Norgaard A ^a   Thomsen, R B ^a   Jonsdottir, K ^a   Mouridsen, K ^a   Hansen, T M ^a   Cho, T H ^b   Nielsen, T T ^a   Botker H E ^a   Ostergaard L ^a   Andersen, G ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; MRI; Neuroprotection; Penumbral salvage; Remote ischemic perconditioning; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROPROTECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY SCALE FOR THE ELDERLY SCORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMOTE ISCHEMIC PERCONDITIONING; REMOTE SENSING; REPERFUSION INJURY; SALVAGE THERAPY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE III AS TOPIC; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872780688     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2012.00786.x     Document Type: Article

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