Clarifying differences among thrombolysis in cerebral infarction scale variants: Is the artery half open or half closed?

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1166-1168

  Suh, Sang Hyun ^a,b   Cloft, Harry J ^b   Fugate, Jennifer E ^b   Rabinstein, Alejandro A ^b   Liebeskind, David S ^c   Kallmes, David F ^b  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Interobserver variability; Reperfusion; Stroke; Thrombolytic therapy; TICI

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; REPERFUSION;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERFUSION; RADIOLOGY; REPERFUSION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84876281241     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.000399     Document Type: Article

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