Proximal hyperdense middle cerebral artery sign predicts poor response to thrombolysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Li, Qi ^a,b   Davis, Stephen ^b   Mitchell, Peter ^b   Dowling, Richard ^b   Yan, Bernard ^b  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTAL HYPERDENSE MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY SIGN; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PROXIMAL HYPERDENSE MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY SIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84900529263     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096123     Document Type: Article

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