Combined full-dose IV and endovascular thrombolysis in acute ischaemic stroke

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 974-979

  Bhatia, Rohit ^a   Shobha, Nandavar ^d   Menon, Bijoy K ^b   Bal, Simerpreet P ^b   Kochar, Puneet ^b   Palumbo, Vanessa ^c   Wong, John H ^b   Morrish, William F ^b   Hudon, Mark E ^b   Hu, William ^b   Coutts, Shelagh B ^b   Barber, Phillip A ^b   Watson, Tim ^b   Goyal, Mayank ^b   Demchuk, Andrew M ^b   Hill, Michael D ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d Vikram Hospitals   (India)

Author keywords

Endovascular therapy; Intra arterial thrombolysis; Stroke; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AGED; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPLICATION; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84920272167     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2012.00890.x     Document Type: Article

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