Novel intra-arterial strategies in the treatment of acute ischaemic stroke: RadiologyPictorial Essay

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 201-207

  Ng, P P ^a,b   Stevens, E A ^a   Skalabrin, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Endovascular; Stroke; Thrombectomy; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; GUIDE WIRE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMIPARESIS; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; STENT; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43549122626     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2008.01948.x     Document Type: Article

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