Clot characteristics on computed tomography and response to thrombolysis in acute middle cerebral artery stroke

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1363-1372

  Topcuoglu, Mehmet A ^a   Arsava, Ethem Murat ^a   Akpinar, Erhan ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

attenuation; emboli composition; Hounsfield unit; insular branch; middle cerebral artery; prognosis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BLOOD CLOT; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOUNSFIELD UNIT; HUMAN; HYPERDENSE MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY BURDEN SCORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY; VERTEBROBASILAR STROKE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84930177846     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2015.02.017     Document Type: Article

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