Reperfusion therapy for acute middle cerebral artery trunk occlusion. Direct percutaneous transluminal angiopasty versus intra-arterial thrombolysis

Interventional Neuroradiology

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages 71-75

  Nakano, Shinichi ^b   Wakisaka, S ^b   Yoneyama, T ^b   Kawano, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b Junwakai Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Cerebral ischemia; Middle cerebral artery; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; RATING SCALE; RECANALIZATION; REPERFUSION; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1842502713     PISSN: 11239344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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