Making clot angioplasty safer in hyperacute stroke

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 874-875

  Goyal, M ^a   Srinivasan, A ^a   Lum, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angiography; Angioplasty; Brain; Brain stem; Head; Neck; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD VESSELS; BRAIN; CATHETERS; HEALTH RISKS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

ANGIOPLASTY; BRAIN STEM; HEAD; NECK; THROMBOLYSIS;

BLOOD;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; THROMBOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 13944273442     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850410008324     Document Type: Article

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