2012
Use of Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator Before and After Publication of the European Cooperative Acute Stroke Study III in Get With The Guidelines-Stroke
Messé S, Fonarow G, Smith E, Kaltenbach L, Olson D, Kasner S, Schwamm L. Use of Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator Before and After Publication of the European Cooperative Acute Stroke Study III in Get With The Guidelines-Stroke. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2012, 5: 321-326. PMID: 22550132, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.111.964064.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overEuropeFemaleFibrinolytic AgentsGuideline AdherenceHumansInfusions, IntravenousLinear ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisOdds RatioOutcome and Process Assessment, Health CarePractice Guidelines as TopicStrokeThrombolytic TherapyTime FactorsTissue Plasminogen ActivatorTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsAcute ischemic strokeEuropean Cooperative Acute Stroke Study (ECASS) IIIECASS IIITreatment of patientsUse of tPAEligible patientsHours of AISProportion of patientsStudy IIITissue-type plasminogen activatorGuidelines-StrokeIschemic strokeMedian doorNeedle timePatientsClinical practiceTreatment ratesPlasminogen activatorSignificant increaseHoursLater time windowAdverse affectsTPATreatmentProportion
1996
Hyperacute stroke: evaluation with combined multisection diffusion-weighted and hemodynamically weighted echo-planar MR imaging.
Sorensen A, Buonanno F, Gonzalez R, Schwamm L, Lev M, Huang-Hellinger F, Reese T, Weisskoff R, Davis T, Suwanwela N, Can U, Moreira J, Copen W, Look R, Finklestein S, Rosen B, Koroshetz W. Hyperacute stroke: evaluation with combined multisection diffusion-weighted and hemodynamically weighted echo-planar MR imaging. Radiology 1996, 199: 391-401. PMID: 8668784, DOI: 10.1148/radiology.199.2.8668784.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfarct volumeNormal findingsHyperacute cerebral ischemiaMagnetic resonance imagingEcho-planar MR imagingAcute hemiparesisAcute strokeCerebral ischemiaInitial CTMR imaging techniquesStroke diagnosisPatientsResonance imagingSubsequent imagingMR imagingAbnormalitiesConventional MRCTImaging techniquesImagingMRHoursFindingsHemiparesisInfarction