Beating the clock: Time delays to thrombolytic therapy with advanced imaging and impact of optimized workflow

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1270-1275

  Chakraborty, Santanu ^a   Ross, James ^a   Hogan, Mathew J ^b   Dowlatshahi, Dar ^b   Stotts, Grant ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; CT perfusion; door to needle time; imaging; time delay

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE PATIENT; THERAPY DELAY; TIME TO TREATMENT; BRAIN; RADIOGRAPHY; STROKE; TIME; WORKFLOW;

BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; NEUROIMAGING; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; WORKFLOW;

EID: 84930178018     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2015.01.039     Document Type: Article

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