Mechanical thrombectomy of intracranial internal carotid occlusion: Pooled results of the MERCI and multi MERCI Part I trials

Stroke

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1274-1280

  Flint, Alexander C ^a   Duckwiler, Gary R ^b   Budzik, Ronald F ^d   Liebeskind, David S ^c   Smith, Wade S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RIVERSIDE METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Endovascular treatment; Internal carotid artery; Thrombectomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS THROMBECTOMY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; RECANALIZATION; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGE; APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; HYPERTENSION; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBECTOMY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247843020     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000260187.33864.a7     Document Type: Article

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