Differences in Clot Preparation Determine Outcome of
Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator Treatment in
Experimental Thromboembolic Stroke
by Frank Niessen, Thomas Hilger, Mathias Hoehn, and Konstantin-A. Hossmann
Stroke
Volume 34(8):2019-2024
August 1, 2003
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Figure 1. MRI of rat brain before and after MCA clot embolism, with comparison of SC and TC
groups.
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Figure 2. MR recordings of blood perfusion, ADC, and T2 relaxation time in parietal cortex of rat
after embolization of ipsilateral MCA with thrombin-induced clots (TC group) or spontaneously
forming clots (SC group).
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