Atrial fibrillation predicts good functional outcome following intravenous tissue plasminogen activator in patients with severe stroke

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 892-895

  Sung, Sheng Feng ^a   Chen, Yu Wei ^b,c   Tseng, Mei Chiun ^d   Ong, Cheung Ter ^a   Lin, Huey Juan ^e,f  

^a CHIA YI CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Landseed Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^f CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; Atrial fibrillation; Clinical outcome; Intravenous thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; RANKIN SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME TO TREATMENT;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD GLUCOSE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TAIWAN; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878887606     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2012.08.034     Document Type: Article

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