Self-expanding versus balloon-mounted stents for vessel recanalization following embolic occlusion in the canine model: Technical feasibility study

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2069-2072

  Levy, Elad I ^a   Sauvageau, E ^a   Hanel, R A ^a   Parikh, R ^b   Hopkins, L N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; BALLOON MOUNTED STENT; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VASOSPASM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; EVALUATION; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; NONHUMAN; RECANALIZATION; SELF EXPANDING STENT; STENT; STROKE; VEIN EMBOLISM; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; EMBOLECTOMY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STENTS;

EID: 33751200936     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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