title: Journey during acute ischemic stroke: a physician's experience.
abstract: Acute ischemic stroke is a potentially devastating condition. What follows is a true narration of the experience of a doctor-patient during his treatment for acute ischemic stroke and how the experience changed him. Described is the temporal sequence of events, starting from home to infusion of tissue plasminogen activator, which, when coupled with a multimodal therapeutic approach, resulted in an excellent clinical recovery.
authors.affiliation: Medi-Rad Associates Radiology Clinic, Singapore.
authors.forename: Low Chen
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Hoong
authors.forename: Vijay K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000739:Anecdotes as Topic; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D020521:Stroke / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator
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