Advances in treatment of acute ischemic stroke.

TY - JOUR

T1 - Advances in treatment of acute ischemic stroke.

AU - Linfante, Italo

AU - Akkawi, Nabil M.

N1 - Stroke carries a severe toll in terms of loss of life and disability for patients and their families. Until 10 years ago, physicians, and in particular neurologists, had a conservative, nonaggresive approach to this devastating disease. The advent of thrombolytic therapy not only proved that acute ischemic stroke is treatable, but also that early reperfusion can dramatically change the outcome of acute stroke patients.

PY - 2006/1/1

Y1 - 2006/1/1

UR - https://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11910-996-0006-y

U2 - 10.1007/S11910-996-0006-Y

DO - 10.1007/S11910-996-0006-Y

M3 - Article

VL - 6

JO - Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

JF - Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

ER -