Thrombolysis Guided by Perfusion Imaging up to 9 Hours after Onset of Stroke

Henry Ma1, Bruce C V Campbell1, Mark W Parsons1

  • 1From Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (H.M., L. Churilov, N.Y., V.T., L. Carey, A.M., G.A.D.), the Department of Medicine and Neurology, Melbourne Brain Centre at the Royal Melbourne Hospital (B.C.V.C., M.W.P., L. Churilov, S. Christensen, N.Y., G.S., A.B., B.Y., A.M., S.M.D., G.A.D.), and the Department of Radiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital (P.M.D., B.Y., P.J.M.), University of Melbourne, Parkville, the Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Science, Monash University, Clayton (H.M., T.G.P.), the Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne and Western Health, Sunshine Hospital, St. Albans (T.W.), the Department of Neurosciences, Eastern Health and Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University, Box Hill (H.M.D., C.F.B.), the Department of Neurology, University Hospital Geelong, Deakin University, Geelong (B.C.), the Department of Neurology, Austin Hospital, Austin Health, Heidelberg (V.T.), and Occupational Therapy, School of Allied Health, College of Science, Health and Engineering, La Trobe University, Bundoora (L. Carey), VIC, the Department of Neurology, Priority Research Centre for Brain and Mental Health Research, John Hunter Hospital (C.R.L., F.M.), University of Newcastle (J.S.), Newcastle, the Department of Neurology, Westmead Hospital (N.M.), the Department of Neurology, Royal North Shore Hospital and Kolling Institute, University of Sydney (M.K.), and the Department of Neurology, St. Vincent's Hospital Sydney (R.M.), Sydney, and the Department of Neurology, Gosford Hospital, Gosford (J.S.), NSW, the Department of Neurology, Royal Adelaide Hospital (T.J.K., J.J.), the Department of Neurology, Lyell McEwin Hospital (D.F.), and the Department of Neurology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital (J.J.), Adelaide, SA, the Department of Medicine, Sunshine Coast University Hospital, Nambour (R.G.), the Department of Neurology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital and the University of Queensland, Brisbane (A.A.W.), and the Department of Neurology, Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport (A.S.), and Australia and Griffith University, Gold Coast (A.S.), QLD - all in Australia; the Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science (C.H.) and the School of Medicine (C.-H.T.), China Medical University, and the Department of Neurology, China Medical University Hospital (C.-H.T.), Taichung, the Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center (J.-T.L.), the Department of Neurology, Shuang Ho Hospital (C.-J.H.), the Department of Neurology, En Chu Kong Hospital (Y.S.), the Stroke Center and Department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital (J.-S.J.), and the Department of Neurology, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei Medical University College of Medicine (L.-M.L.), Taipei, the Stroke Center and Department of Neurology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua (M.-C.S.), the Department of Neurology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan (C.-H.C.), and the Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung (C.-H.L.) - all in Taiwan; the Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki (S. Curtze, A.M.); the Department of Neurology, Auckland City Hospital, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand (P.A.B.); and the Stanford Stroke Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (S. Christensen).

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