Safety and efficacy of intraarterial thrombolysis for perioperative stroke after cardiac operation Nader Moazami, MD, Nicholas G Smedira, MD, Patrick M McCarthy, MD, Irene Katzan, MD, Cathy A Sila, MD, Bruce W Lytle, MD, Delos M Cosgrove, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 72, Issue 6, Pages 1933-1938 (December 2001) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)03030-2
Fig 1 Components of the NIH Severity Score. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2001 72, 1933-1938DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(01)03030-2)
Fig 2 Restoration of flow after intervention. The figure shows the relationship between success at recanalization and clinical neurologic improvement. (TIMI = Thrombolysis in myocardial infarction; TIMI 3 = normal; TIMI 2 = moderate flow; TIMI 1 = low flow.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2001 72, 1933-1938DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(01)03030-2)
Fig 3 Change in National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale scores before and after thrombolysis. The diagonal line divides patients into two groups: those who improved and those who were unchanged or worsened. The patients in the bottom half of the line all improved clinically. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2001 72, 1933-1938DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(01)03030-2)
Fig 4 Clinical outcome and distribution of the occlusion. Patients who had no clinical improvement, all had either involvement of the distal carotid or proximal middle cerebral artery. (ACA = anterior cerebral artery; ICA = internal carotid artery; MCA = middle cerebral artery with superior and inferior divisions.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2001 72, 1933-1938DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(01)03030-2)