Importance of cerebral artery recanalization in patients with stroke with and without neurological improvement after intravenous thrombolysis

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2513-2518

  Kharitonova, Tatiana V ^a   Melo, Teresa P ^b   Andersen, Grethe ^c   Egido, Jose A ^d   Castillo, José ^e   Wahlgren, Nils ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela   (Spain)

Author keywords

Early neurological improvement; Intravenous thrombolysis; Recanalization; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ARTERY RECANALIZATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROIMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; RECANALIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EARLY NEUROLOGICAL IMPROVEMENT; INTRAVENOUS THROMBOLYSIS; RECANALIZATION; STROKE;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; AGED; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CEREBRAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGISTRIES; REPERFUSION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884501371     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.000048     Document Type: Article

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