Internal cerebral vein asymmetry on follow-up brain computed tomography after intravenous thrombolysis in acute anterior circulation ischemic stroke is associated with poor outcome

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Sharma, Vijay K ^a,b   Yeo, Leonard L L ^a   Teoh, Hock L ^a   Shen, Liang ^b   Chan, Bernard P L ^a   Seet, Raymond C ^a   Ahmad, Aftab ^a   Chong, Vincent F ^a   Paliwal, Prakash R ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; CT angiography; internal cerebral vein; thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN VEIN; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL CEREBRAL VEINS ASYMMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE; CT ANGIOGRAPHY; INTERNAL CEREBRAL VEIN; THROMBOLYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL VEINS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891779221     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2013.08.007     Document Type: Article

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