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Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke: Clinical Needs and Statistical Burdens

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Although brain ischemia involves very complex cellular and biochemical events, the issues in treating patients with brain ischemia can be viewed rather simply. Supplying blood and energy to the brain through the cardiovascular system can be compared to watering a lawn through a series of hoses. If water is not getting to a part of the lawn, there is either something wrong with the pump system (inadequate pressure or water volume) or the hose supplying that part of the lawn is blocked. Since this meeting concerns mostly thrombolysis, let us look at the situation of a blocked hose.

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  1. Department of Neurology, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

    L. R. Caplan

  2. McMaster University, Canada

    M. Gent

  3. The Hamilton Civic Hospitals Research Centre, Henderson General Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

    M. Gent

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  1. Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute and Division of Hematology/Medical Oncology, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, 10666 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA

    Gregory J. del Zoppo M.D.

  2. Neurology Service, Hyogo Brain and Heart Center at Himeji, 520 Saisho-ko, Himeji, 670, Japan

    Etsuro Mori M.D.

  3. Neurologische Klinik, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, W-6900, Heidelberg 1, Germany

    Werner Hacke

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Caplan, L.R., Gent, M. (1993). Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke: Clinical Needs and Statistical Burdens. In: del Zoppo, G.J., Mori, E., Hacke, W. (eds) Thrombolytic Therapy in Acute Ischemic Stroke II. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78061-5_1

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