Recanalisation success is independent of ASPECTS in predicting outcomes after intra-arterial therapy for acute ischaemic stroke

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1344-1348

  Maingard, Julian ^a   Paul, Aaron ^a   Churilov, Leonid ^b,c   Mitchell, Peter ^a   Dowling, Richard ^a   Yan, Bernard ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alberta Stroke Program Early Computed Tomography Score (ASPECTS); Computed Tomography Angiogram Source Image (CTA SI); Endovascular therapy; Intra arterial therapy; Modified Rankin scale; Recanalisation success; Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ADULT; ALBERTA STROKE PROGRAM EARLY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCORE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; MORTALITY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE SCORE; NEUROLOGICAL SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; RECANALIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; THROMBOLYSIS IN CEREBRAL INFARCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACUTE DISEASE; AGE; AGED; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84904261836     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2013.11.020     Document Type: Article

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