Imaging predictors of outcome following intravenous thrombolysis in acute stroke

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 81-86

  Hinduja, Archana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Intravenous; Ischemic stroke; Magnetic resonance imaging; Tissue plasminogen activator

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ARTERY OCCLUSION; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGING; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PREDICTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECANALIZATION; REVIEW; THROMBECTOMY; VASCULARIZATION; ANIMAL; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEDLINE; NEUROIMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MEDLINE; NEUROIMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84901617687     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: 22402993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13760-013-0270-y     Document Type: Review

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