The role of sonolysis and sonothrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and case-control studies

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 209-220

  Saqqur, Maher ^a   Tsivgoulis, Georgios ^b,c   Nicoli, Francois ^d   Skoloudik, David ^e   Sharma, Vijay K ^f   Larrue, Vincent ^g   Eggers, Jürgen ^h   Perren, Fabienne ⁱ   Charalampidis, Paris ^j   Storie, Dale ^a   Shuaib, Ashfaq ^a   Alexandrov, Andrei V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^d TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

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Author keywords

Microsphere; Sonolysis; Sonothrombolysis; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALTEPLASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; MICROSPHERE;

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RANKIN SCALE; RECANALIZATION; REVIEW; SONOLYSIS; SONOTHROMBOLYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL COLOR CODED SONOGRAPHY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; MECHANICAL THROMBOLYSIS; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84899654703     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jon.12026     Document Type: Review

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