Endovascular mechanical thrombectomy of an occluded superior division branch of the left MCA for acute cardioembolic stroke

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 305-308

  Schumacher, H Christian ^a,b   Meyers, P M ^b   Yavagal, D R ^a   Harel, N Y ^a   Elkind, M S V ^a   Mohr, J P ^a   Pile Spellman, J ^b  

^a NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Columbia University Medical Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cardioembolic stroke; Endovascular treatment; Mechanical embolectomy

Indexed keywords

PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; REVASCULARIZATION; STROKE; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBECTOMY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0041427924     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-003-2719-5     Document Type: Article

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