Posterior circulation stroke is associated with prolonged door-to-needle time

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 672-678

  Sarraj, Amrou ^a   Medrek, Sarah ^b   Albright, Karen ^c   Martin Schild, Sheryl ^d   Bibars, Wafi ^e   Vahidy, Farhaan ^a   Grotta, James C ^a   Savitz, Sean I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stroke therapy; Cerebral infarction; Ischaemic stroke; rtPA; Stroke subtypes; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

AGED; ANTERIOR CIRCULATION ISCHEMIC STROKE; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NAUSEA; NEGLECT; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTERIOR CIRCULATION ISCHEMIC STROKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; THERAPY DELAY; TIME TO TREATMENT; VOMITING; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TIME FACTOR; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84931457586     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2012.00952.x     Document Type: Article

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