Intravenous thrombolysis of basilar artery occlusion: thrombus length versus recanalization success.

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Abstract

In middle cerebral artery occlusion, probability of recanalization after intravenous tissue-type plasminogen activator thrombolysis (IVT) was reported to drop <1% for thrombi exceeding 8 mm. We aimed to evaluate the effect of thrombus length and location on success of recanalization after IVT in basilar artery occlusion.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Stroke

Title: Stroke

Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

ISSN (Electronic): 1524-4628

ISSN (Print): 0039-2499

Publication date (Electronic): Jun 2014

Volume: 45

Issue: 6

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[1 ] From the Department of Neurology (D.S., T.S., P.J.L.) and Helsinki Medical Imaging Center (H.S., O.S.), Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland; and Molecular Neurology, Research Program Unit, Biomedicum Helsinki, and Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland (P.J.L.). daniel.strbian@hus.fi.

[2 ] From the Department of Neurology (D.S., T.S., P.J.L.) and Helsinki Medical Imaging Center (H.S., O.S.), Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland; and Molecular Neurology, Research Program Unit, Biomedicum Helsinki, and Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland (P.J.L.).

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Publisher Item ID: STROKEAHA.114.004884

DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.004884

PubMed ID: 24781081

SO-VID: e580b59f-b54e-40f6-8795-79c27dfbb0c2

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Keywords: thrombolytic therapy,thrombosis

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Keywords: thrombolytic therapy, thrombosis

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