Title Thrombolytic therapy for acute stroke / edited by Patrick D. Lyden

Edition 2nd ed Published Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 370 pages) : illustrations Series Current clinical neurology Current clinical neurology. Contents Mechanisms of thrombolysis -- Pathology of cervico-cranial artery occlusion -- The ischemic penumbra and neuronal salvage -- Preclinical testing of thrombolytic therapy for acute ischemic stroke -- Combination of thrombolytic therapy with neuroprotectants -- Pilot and preliminary studies of thrombolytic therapy for stroke -- Intravenous thrombolytic therapy for acute ischemic stroke: results of large, randomized clinical trials -- Further analysis of NINDS study: long-term outcome, subgroups, and cost effectiveness -- Community experience with intravenous thrombolysis for acute stroke -- Intra-arterial thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke -- Combinations of intravenous and intra-arterial thrombolysis -- Thrombolysis in vertebrobasilar occlusive disease -- Thrombolytic therapy in stroke patients -- Stroke thrombolysis: the present guidelines and policies for clinical use should be changed -- How to run a code stroke -- The impact of computed tomography on acute stroke treatment -- Using magnetic resonance imaging to select and manage patients for treatment -- The rt-PA for acute stroke protocol Summary This extensively revised and expanded second edition incorporates the knowledge gained from the widespread implementation of large rt-PA for acute stroke trials and demonstrates the power of the new technologies now available. The authors have included much new material on stroke-MRI and computed omogaraphy, and updated all chapters describing the background, use, and nuances of thrombolytic therapy. They present everything one needs to know for proper patient selection, the key to successful treatment. Practical how-to chapters guide the reader in treating acute stroke patients, both with and Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Cerebrovascular disease -- Chemotherapy Thrombolytic therapy. Stroke -- drug therapy Thrombolytic Therapy MEDICAL -- Neurology. Thrombolytic therapy. Cerebrovascular Accident -- drug therapy. Cerebrovascular disease -- Chemotherapy. Cerebrovascular disease -- Chemotherapy Thrombolytic therapy Form Electronic book Author Lyden, Patrick D. ISBN 158829398X 9781588293985 9781592599332 1592599338 1280359013 9781280359019 9786610359011 6610359016

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