Intravenous versus intra-arterial thrombolysis in ischemic stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ma, Qing Feng ^a   Chu, Chang Biao ^a   Song, Hai Qing ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; PROUROKINASE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE;

BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SAFETY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; MENTAL DETERIORATION; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; RANKIN SCALE; RECANALIZATION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SCANDINAVIAN STROKE SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE;

EID: 84920854921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116120     Document Type: Review

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