Expanding the treatment window with mechanical thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke

Neuroradiology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 402-404

  Layton, Kennith F ^a   White, J Bradley ^a   Cloft, Harry J ^a   Kallmes, David F ^a   Manno, Edward M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Ischemia; Neuroradiology; Stroke; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BRAIN INFARCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; THROMBECTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745272966     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-006-0073-4     Document Type: Article

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