Fig. 1.1 (a) Traditional concept that the infarct core is surrounded by an enveloping penumbra. (b) Alternative concept that regions corresponding to core and penumbra may be heterogeneous Ischemic heterogeneity…
Fig.3.1 Percentage of patients achieving any recanalization (as detected by transcranial doppler ultrasound or CT angiography) within 2 h of tPA bolus, complete recanalization 2 h after tPA bolus, reocclusion…
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© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Patrick D Lyden (ed.)Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Stroke10.1007/978-3-319-07575-4_11 11. Telestroke: Delivery and Design Konrad H. Schlick1 and Brett C. Meyer2 (1) Department of Neurosciences, UCSD School of Medicine, 200 W. Arbor Drive, MON…
Fig. 6.1 (a) Illustration of microcatheter placement into an MCA clot. (b) Angiogram demonstrating acute occlusion of the M1 segment of the MCA (arrow). (c) Recanalized MCA after 600,000 U…
Fig. 9.1 These bars illustrate the NIHSS and Barthel Index results for 49 patients greater than age 75 and presenting with NIHSS greater than 22 before treatment (Adapted from Subgroup…
Fig. 8.1 Unadjusted predicted probability of mortality and favorable outcome at 90 days by onset-to-reperfusion time. Solid line represents the probability of outcome (gray, all-cause mortality; black, favorable outcome) over…
Author Year Urokinase/streptokinase/plasmin animal model Main results (compared with controls when applicable) Whisnant [78] 1960 Clot in Internal Carotid Artery No increased risk of hemorrhagic infarction compared with controls Centero…
Author (ref.) N Thrombolytic agent Ancillary Outcome Herndona [11, 12, 14] 27 Fibrinolysin over 3 d iv Heparin, Dicoumarol 15 % involved, 33 % died, 4 systemic hemorrhages Clarke [4]…
