Effect of Hyperacute Administration (Within 6 Hours) of Transdermal Glyceryl Trinitrate, a Nitric Oxide Donor, on Outcome after Stroke: Subgroup Analysis of the Efficacy of Nitric Oxide in Stroke (ENOS) Trial

Stroke

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3194-3201

  Woodhouse, Lisa ^a   Scutt, Polly ^a   Krishnan, Kailash ^a   Berge, Eivind ^b   Gommans, John ^c   Ntaios, George ^d   Wardlaw, Joanna ^e   Sprigg, Nikola ^a   Bath, Philip M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Hawke's Bay District Health Board   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

blood pressure; cerebral hemorrhage; nitric oxide; nitroglycerin; stroke

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOOD; MOOD DISORDER; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANKIN SCALE; RATING SCALE; SCANDINAVIAN STROKE SCALE; SIDE EFFECT; STROKE PATIENT; TELECONSULTATION; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZUNG SELF RATING DEPRESSION SCALE; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STROKE; TIME TO TREATMENT; VERY ELDERLY;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITROGLYCERIN; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STROKE; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84945968190     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.009647     Document Type: Article

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