Emergency revascularization for acute main-trunk occlusion in the anterior circulation

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-76

  Sakai, Keiichi ^a   Nitta, Junpei ^b   Horiuchi, Tetsuyoshi ^a   Ogiwara, Toshihiro ^a   Kobayashi, Satoshi ^b   Tanaka, Yuichiro ^a   Hongo, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kobayashi Neurosurgical Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anastomosis; Carotid endarterectomy; Cerebral ischemia; Embolectomy; Main trunk occlusion

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CEREBRAL MAIN TRUNK OCCLUSION; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBOLECTOMY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; REVASCULARIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; EMBOLECTOMY; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36448937465     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-007-0116-2     Document Type: Article

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