Association of geographical factors with administration of tissue plasminogen activator for acute ischemic stroke

Journal of the American Heart Association

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Kunisawa, Susumu ^a   Morishima, Toshitaka ^a   Ukawa, Naoto ^a   Ikai, Hiroshi ^a   Otsubo, Tetsuya ^a   Ishikawa, Koichi B ^b   Yokota, Chiaki ^c   Minematsu, Kazuo ^c   Fushimi, Kiyohide ^d   Imanaka, Yuichi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Health services research; Ischemic stroke; Tissue type plasminogen activator

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMBULANCE TRANSPORTATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POPULATION DENSITY; SYMPTOM; TRAVEL; ADOLESCENT; AMBULANCE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; STATISTICS; TISSUE-TYPE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULANCES; DRUG UTILIZATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DENSITY; STROKE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; ISCHEMIC STROKE; TISSUE-TYPE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 84891684551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20479980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.113.000336     Document Type: Article

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