Dramatic Changes of a DWI Lesion in a Patient with Acute Ischemic Stroke Treated with IV t-PA

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 228-230

  Sakamoto, Yuki ^a   Kimura, Kazumi ^a   Iguchi, Yasuyuki ^a   Shibazaki, Kensaku ^a   Aoki, Junya ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; STROKE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84876299680     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2011.00635.x     Document Type: Article

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