Mechanical thromboembolectomy for acute ischemic stroke: Comparison of the catch thromboectomy device and the Merci Retriever in vivo

Stroke

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1213-1219

  Brekenfeld, Caspar ^a   Schroth, Gerhard ^a   El Koussy, Marwan ^a   Nedeltchev, Krassen ^a   Reinert, Michael ^a   Slotboom, Johannes ^a   Gralla, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Interventional treatment; Mechanical embolectomy; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CATHETER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL THROMBECTOMY; THROMBUS; THROMBUS ASPIRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; BALLOON DILATATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STROKE; SUCTION; SWINE; THROMBECTOMY;

EID: 41149155475     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.495614     Document Type: Article

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