OBJECTIVE To determine the outcomes related to thrombolytic treatment of an acute ischemic stroke secondary to an arterial dissection in a large national cohort. DESIGN Retrospective database study. SETTING Nationwide Inpatient Sample data files from 2005 to 2008. PATIENTS We determined the frequency of underlying arterial dissection among patients with acute ischemic stroke treated with ...

OBJECTIVE To provide a comprehensive and latest overview of susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) in the application of thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke, and to update the decision-making effect and clinical value of SWI on identifying stroke patients suitable for thrombolytic therapy and possible benefits and risks followed. DATA SOURCES Literatures referred to this review were collecte...

OBJECTIVE To discuss the ethical challenge in thrombolytic therapy. BACKGROUND Thrombolytic therapy with recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-Pa) has been found to be beneficial to the outcome of patients who had a stroke. However, the ethic issue that is related to intravenous rt-Pa infusion has not been discussed. PATIENTS Four patients with a middle cerebral artery (MCA) inf...

This document gives formatting guidelines for authors preparing papers for publication in the International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering The authors must follow the instructions given in the document for the papers to be published. Keywords—Keyword are your own designated keyword which can be used for easy location of the manuscript using any search engines. It includ...

Keyword-based linked data information retrieval is an easy choice for general-purpose users, but the implementation of such an approach is a challenge because mere keywords do not hold semantic information. Some studies have incorporated templates in an effort to bridge this gap, but most such approaches have proven ineffective because of inefficient template management. Because linked data can...

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