Current perspectives on the use of intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) for treatment of acute ischemic stroke

SN Chapman, P Mehndiratta… - Vascular health and …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
In 1995, the NINDS (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) tPA (tissue
plasminogen activator) Stroke Study Group published the results of a large multicenter …

Imaging-guided acute ischemic stroke therapy: from “time is brain” to “physiology is brain”

RG Gonzalez - American Journal of Neuroradiology, 2006 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
The number of potential patients who are actually treated for acute ischemic stroke is
disappointingly low, and effective treatments are making a minor impact on this major public …

Eligibility for intravenous recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator within a population: the effect of the European Cooperative Acute Stroke Study (ECASS) III …

F de los Ríos la Rosa, J Khoury, BM Kissela… - Stroke, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—The publication of the European Cooperative Acute Stroke
Study (ECASS III) expanded the treatment time to thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke …

Outcome of stroke with mild or rapidly improving symptoms

K Nedeltchev, B Schwegler, T Haefeli, C Brekenfeld… - Stroke, 2007 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Acute ischemic stroke with mild or rapidly improving symptoms
is expected to result in good functional outcome, whether treated or not. Therefore …

Poor outcomes in patients who do not receive intravenous tissue plasminogen activator because of mild or improving ischemic stroke

EE Smith, AR Abdullah, I Petkovska, E Rosenthal… - Stroke, 2005 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Some patients with mild or improving ischemic stroke symptoms
do not receive intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) because they look “too good …

Outcome of patients with occlusions of the internal carotid artery or the main stem of the middle cerebral artery with NIHSS score of less than 5: comparison between …

MR Heldner, S Jung, C Zubler, P Mordasini… - Journal of Neurology …, 2015 - jnnp.bmj.com
Background and purpose The use of thrombolysis in patients with minor neurological deficits
and large vessel occlusion is controversial. Methods We compared the outcome of patients …

Time and diffusion lesion size in major anterior circulation ischemic strokes

R Hakimelahi, BA Vachha, WA Copen, GDE Papini… - Stroke, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Major anterior circulation ischemic strokes caused by occlusion
of the distal internal carotid artery or proximal middle cerebral artery or both account for …

Existence of the Diffusion-Perfusion Mismatch within 24 Hours after Onset of Acute Stroke: Dependence on Proximal Arterial Occlusion1

WA Copen, L Rezai Gharai, ER Barak, LH Schwamm… - Radiology, 2009 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose: To assess the existence of a mismatch between lesions on diffusion-weighted
(DW) and perfusion-weighted (PW) magnetic resonance (MR) images obtained within 24 …

Can a media campaign change health service use in a population with stroke symptoms? Examination of the first Irish stroke awareness campaign

L Mellon, A Hickey, F Doyle, E Dolan… - Emergency Medicine …, 2014 - emj.bmj.com
Background Mass media campaigns for stroke awareness encourage the public to
recognise stroke symptoms and respond to stroke in a timely manner. However, there is little …

The exact science of stroke thrombolysis and the quiet art of patient selection

JS Balami, G Hadley, BA Sutherland, H Karbalai… - Brain, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The science of metric-based patient stratification for intravenous thrombolysis, revolutionized
by the landmark National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke trial, has …