Sonothrombolysis in acute stroke and myocardial infarction: A systematic review

IJC Heart and Vessels

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-6

  Roos, Sebastiaan ^a,b   Juffermans, Lynda ^a   Slikkerveer, Jeroen ^a   Unger, Evan ^c   Porter, Thomas ^d   Kampa, Otto ^a,d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Echocardiography; events; Ischemic stroke; Sonothrombolysis; Thromboembolic; Ultrasound contrast agents

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALTEPLASE; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; RETEPLASE; TENECTEPLASE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MICROBUBBLE; NEUROLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SONOTHROMBOLYSIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 85027958061     PISSN: 22147632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijchv.2014.08.003     Document Type: Review

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