Occlusion length is a crucial determinant of efficiency and complication rate in thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 247-252

  Gralla, Jan ^a,b   Burkhardt, M ^a   Schroth, G ^a   El Koussy, M ^a   Reinert, M ^a   Nedeltchev, K ^a   Slotboom, J ^a   Brekenfeld, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Neuroradiology ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BALLOON OCCLUSION; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS THROMBECTOMY; RECANALIZATION; SAFETY; SWINE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; SWINE; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39649084031     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0790     Document Type: Article

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