North American clinical experience with the EKOS MicroLysUS infusion catheter for the treatment of embolic stroke

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 534-538

  Mahon, Brian R ^a   Nesbit, Gary M ^a,b   Barnwell, Stanley L ^a,b   Clark, Wayne ^a   Marotta, Thomas R ^c   Weill, Alain ^c   Teal, Phillip A ^c   Qureshi, Adrian I ^d  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANCOUVER HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMBOLIC STROKE; EXPERIENCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; RATING SCALE; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0037346191     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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