Leukoaraiosis and lacunes are associated with poor clinical outcomes in ischemic stroke patients treated with intravenous thrombolysis

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 62-67

  Arba, Francesco ^a   Palumbo, Vanessa ^b   Boulanger, Jean Martin ^c   Pracucci, Giovanni ^a   Inzitari, Domenico ^a   Buchan, Alastair M ^d   Hill, Michael D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

lacunes; leukoaraiosis; small vessel disease; Stroke; thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LACUNE; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMALL VESSEL DISEASE; SMOKING; SYMPTOMATIC INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; VERY ELDERLY; BRAIN; CANADA; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; STROKE; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CANADA; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; LEUKOARAIOSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84953431807     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1747493015607517     Document Type: Article

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