Navigability trumps all: Stenting of acute middle cerebral artery occlusions with a new self-expandable stent

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1956-1958

  Chiam, P T L ^a,b   Samuelson, R M ^a,b   Mocco, J ^a,b   Hanel, R A ^c   Siddiqui, A H ^a,b   Hopkins, L N ^a,b   Levy, Elad I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; STENT; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; STENTS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56849098684     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1221     Document Type: Article

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