Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 7 , Pages 1052-1059 , July 2010

Changes in Hemocoagulation in Acute Stroke Patients After One-Hour Sono-Thrombolysis Using a Diagnostic Probe

  • David Školoudík

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Ostrava, Czech Republic
    • Stroke Center, Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University and University Hospital, Olomouc, Czech Republic
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Assoc. Prof. David Školoudík, MD, PhD, Stroke Center, Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University and University Hospital, I. P. Pavlova 6, CZ-77520 Olomouc, Czech Republic.
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  • Táňa Fadrná

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Ostrava, Czech Republic
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  • Martin Roubec

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Ostrava, Czech Republic
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  • Michal Bar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Ostrava, Czech Republic
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  • Ondřej Zapletal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Hematology, University Children's Hospital Brno, Czech Republic
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  • Jiří Blatný

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Hematology, University Children's Hospital Brno, Czech Republic
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  • Kateřina Langová

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biometry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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  • Petr Bardoň

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Hospital Třinec-Sosna, Třinec, Czech Republic
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  • Daniel Šaňák

      Affiliations

    • Stroke Center, Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University and University Hospital, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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  • Petr Kaňovský

      Affiliations

    • Stroke Center, Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University and University Hospital, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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  • Roman Herzig

      Affiliations

    • Stroke Center, Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University and University Hospital, Olomouc, Czech Republic

Received 1 December 2009 ,Revised 26 March 2010 ,Accepted 16 April 2010.

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PII: S0301-5629(10)00188-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.04.010

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 7 , Pages 1052-1059 , July 2010

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