Interventional therapies in stroke management: anaesthetic and critical care implications
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Interventional management of stroke.
See related article, pages 1770–1773. Intravenous thrombolysis has become generally accepted and is currently the only FDA approved medical therapy for treatment of patients with acute ischemic stroke. Its use is associated with improved outcomes of patients who can be treated within 3 hours of stroke onset.1 A higher concentration of thrombolytic agents delivered directly into the thrombus has...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BJA Education
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2058-5349
DOI: 10.1093/bjaed/mkw039