Endovascular intervention for acute thromboembolic stroke in young patients: An ideal population for aggressive intervention? Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-34

  Mocco, J ^a,b   Tawk, Rabih G ^a,b   Jahromi, Babak S ^a,b   Samuelson, Rodney M ^a,b   Siddiqui, Adnan H ^a,b   Hopkins, L Nelson ^a,b   Levy, Elad I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Ischemic stroke; Reperfusion; Thromboembolic stroke; Young adult

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVASCULARIZATION; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLIC STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60749107791     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.4.17510     Document Type: Article

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