Mechanical thrombectomy in acute proximal middle cerebral artery thrombosis with the alligator retrieval device

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-71

  Lee, R ^a   Lui, W M ^a   Cheung, R T F ^a   Leung, G K K ^a   Chan, K H ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBECTOMY;

ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; THROMBECTOMY;

EID: 33846280861     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000097031     Document Type: Article

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