Distance to thrombus in acute middle cerebral artery occlusion: A predictor of outcome after intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke

Stroke

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 692-696

  Friedrich, Benjamin ^a   Gawlitza, Matthias ^a   Schob, Stefan ^a   Hobohm, Carsten ^a   Raviolo, Mariana ^a   Hoffmann, Karl Titus ^a   Lobsien, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Middle cerebral artery occlusion; Outcomes assessment; Stroke; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE PATIENT; THROMBUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; STROKE; THROMBOSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; THROMBOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84929261547     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.008454     Document Type: Article

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