Emergency management of ischemic stroke in children

M Steinlin, MT Mackay - Current treatment options in neurology, 2015 - Springer
Opinion statement Children who present with acute neurological symptoms suggestive of a
stroke need immediate clinical assessment and urgent neuroimaging to confirm diagnosis …

Intravenous versus intra-arterial thrombolysis in ischemic stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Q Ma, C Chu, H Song - PLoS One, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Reperfusion following ischemic stroke can be attained by either intravenous
thrombolysis (IVT) or intra-arterial thrombolysis (IAT). Only a limited number of randomized …

Protected stent retriever thrombectomy prevents iatrogenic emboli in new vascular territories

PP Klinger-Gratz, G Schroth, J Gralla, S Jung… - Neuroradiology, 2015 - Springer
Introduction Diagnostic tools to show emboli reliably and protection techniques against
embolization when employing stent retrievers are necessary to improve endovascular stroke …

Efficacy and safety evaluation on arterial thrombolysis in treating acute cerebral infarction

B Shen, Q Liu, Y Gu, Y Wang, Z Zhang - Cell biochemistry and biophysics, 2015 - Springer
The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of intra-arterial
thrombolysis in treating acute cerebral infarction and further discuss the indications of acute …

Pharmacological recanalization therapy in acute ischemic stroke–evolution, current state and perspectives of intravenous and intra-arterial thrombolysis

M Hlavica, M Diepers, C Garcia-Esperon… - Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Stroke ranges third in mortality in industrialized nations and is the leading cause of disability
in older people. Ischemic stroke following thrombotic or embolic vessel occlusion accounts …

Value of CT angiography in anterior circulation large vessel occlusive stroke: Imaging findings, pearls, and pitfalls

S Power, SH McEvoy, J Cunningham, JP Ti… - European journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Hyperacute stroke imaging is playing an increasingly important role in determining
management decisions in acute stroke patients, particularly patients with large vessel …

Endovascular treatment versus sonothrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke

M Reinhard, CA Taschner, N Hörsch… - Cerebrovascular …, 2015 - karger.com
Background: Currently, there are 2 strategies to increase the effect of systemic thrombolysis
with alteplase (rtPA) in acute major stroke: endovascular treatment via stent retrieval and …

Intravenous alteplase versus rescue endovascular procedure in patients with proximal middle cerebral artery occlusion

D Strbian, S Mustanoja, J Pekkola… - … Journal of Stroke, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives To compare outcome of ischaemic stroke patients undergoing rescue
endovascular procedure for proximal middle cerebral artery occlusion with matched patients …

A Comparison of Hyperdense Internal Carotid Artery Sign, Hyperdense Middle Cerebral Artery Sign and Middle Cerebral Artery Dot Sign in Acute Ischemic Stroke.

O Ozdemir, DF Bas, S Ozkan… - Journal of …, 2015 - search.ebscohost.com
Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical features of hyperdense
internal carotid artery sign (HICAS), hyperdense middle cerebral artery sign (HMCAS) and …

Feasibility examination of isolated zonal thrombolysis using Raman spectroscopy

Z Qin, CH Chon, AKN Lam, JCK Kwok… - 2015 37th Annual …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Intravenous thrombolysis for the treatment of ischemic stroke requires long treatment time
and high drug dosage which increases the risk of hemorrhage. Localized zonal dosage of …