Stroke Treatment With Intravenous Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator: More Proof That Time Is Brain

Circulation

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 140-142

  Alberts, Mark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alteplase; Cerebrovascular disorders; Editorials; Stroke; Tissue plasminogen activator

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; THERAPY DELAY; TIME TO TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY;

BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85009291761     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.025724     Document Type: Review

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