Implementation of a patient selection protocol for intra-arterial therapy increases treatment rates in patients with acute ischemic stroke

Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Rost, Natalia S ^a   Smith, Eric E ^b   Nogueira, Raul G ^c   Fitzpatrick, Kaitlin M ^a   Yoo, Albert J ^a   Hirsch, Joshua A ^a   Schwamm, Lee H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RECANALIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878422811     PISSN: 17598478     EISSN: 17598486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2011-010240     Document Type: Article

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