Intra-arterial thrombolysis stroke

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Intra-arterial thrombolysis has been proposed as a treatment for acute ischemic stroke since the 1980s and may potentially overcome many of the problems associated with patient selection for intravenous therapy ... 

Christoforidis GA, Mohammad Y, Kehagias D, Avutu B, Slivka AP Angiographic assessment of pial collaterals as a prognostic indicator following intra-arterial thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke. AJNRAmJ Neuroradiol 2005 26 pp. 1789-1797. 

Hill MD, Rowley HA, Adler F, Eliasziw M, Furlan A, Higashida RT et al (2003) Selection of acute ischemic stroke patients for intra-arterial thrombolysis with pro-urokinase by using ASPECTS. Stroke 34(8) 1925-1931. 

Ueda, T., et al.. Outcome in acute stroke with successful intra- arterial thrombolysis procedure and predictive value of initial single-photon emission-computed tomography. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab, 1999. 19 p. 99-108. 

Gasparotti, R., et al., Perfusion CT in patients with acute ischemic stroke treated with intra-arterial thrombolysis predictive value of infarct core size on clinical outcome. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 2009. 30(4) p. 722-7. 

Gupta, R., et al.. Reduced pretreatment ipsilateral middle cerebral artery cerebral blood flow is predictive of symptomatic hemorrhage post-intra-arterial thrombolysis in patients with middle cerebral artery occlusion. Stroke, 2006. 37(10) p. 2526-30. 

Ciccone A, Valvassori L, Gasparotti R et al (2007) Debunking 7 myths that hamper the realization of randomized controlled trials on intra-arterial thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke. Stroke 38 2191-2195... 

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Brekenfeld C, Remonda L, Nedeltchev K et al (2007) Symptomatic intracranial haemorrhage after intra-arterial thrombolysis in acute ischaemic stroke assessment of 294 patients treated with urokinase. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 78 280-285... 

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