Residual Vessel Length on Magnetic Resonance Angiography Identifies Poor Responders to Alteplase in Acute Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion Patients | Zendy

Teruyuki Hirano | Zendy; Makoto Sasaki | Zendy; Etsuro Mori | Zendy; Kazuo Minematsu | Zendy; Jyoji Nakagawara | Zendy; Takenori Yamaguchi | Zendy

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Residual Vessel Length on Magnetic Resonance Angiography Identifies Poor Responders to Alteplase in Acute Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion Patients

Author(s) -

Teruyuki Hirano,

Makoto Sasaki,

Etsuro Mori,

Kazuo Minematsu,

Jyoji Nakagawara,

Takenori Yamaguchi

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.110.594333

Subject(s) - medicine , occlusion , middle cerebral artery , magnetic resonance angiography , modified rankin scale , angiography , magnetic resonance imaging , nuclear medicine , cardiology , radiology , ischemia , ischemic stroke

It remains unknown whether the effects of 0.6 mg/kg alteplase differ with occlusion site of the middle cerebral artery (MCA). We therefore evaluated the effects of 0.6 mg/kg intravenous alteplase in patients with different sites of MCA occlusion.

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