THROMBOLYTIC TREATMENT AND DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENT OF THE CLINICAL PICTURE IN A PATIENT WITH ACUTE OCCLUSION OF THE MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY FOLLOWED BY TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY

THROMBOLYTIC TREATMENT AND DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENT OF THE CLINICAL PICTURE IN A PATIENT WITH ACUTE OCCLUSION OF THE MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY FOLLOWED BY TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY

<p>Background. Thrombolytic treatment of ischemic cerebral stroke by means of a recombinant tissue plasminogen activator can be very successful in selected patients. Transcranial Doppler sonography allows us to establish a total occlusion of the middle cerebral artery and to follow continuousl...

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Main Authors: Erih Tetičkovič, Marija Menih
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Slovenian Medical Association 2004-04-01
Series:Zdravniški Vestnik
Subjects:
acute ischemic cerebral stroke
occlusion of middle cerebral artery
thrombolysis
dramatic clinical improvement
transcranial Doppler sonography
Online Access:http://vestnik.szd.si/index.php/ZdravVest/article/view/2289

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