Mechanical approaches combined with intra-arterial pharmacological therapy are associated with higher recanalization Rates Than Either Intervention Alone in Revascularization of Acute Carotid Terminus Occlusion

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2092-2097

  Lin, Ridwan ^a   Vora, Nirav ^c   Zaidi, Syed ^a   Aleu, Aitziber ^a   Jankowitz, Brian ^a   Thomas, Ajith ^b   Gupta, Rishi ^d   Horowitz, Michael ^a   Kim, Susan ^a   Reddy, Vivek ^a   Hammer, Maxim ^a   Uchino, Ken ^a   Wechsler, Lawrence R ^a   Jovin, Tudor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

carotid terminus; Intra arterial; Mechanical

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; EPTIFIBATIDE; HEPARIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBOLECTOMY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RECANALIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVASCULARIZATION; STENT; THROMBOLYSIS IN MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION SCALE; ACUTE DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOLOGY; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROKINASE-TYPE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 66849104471     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.544783     Document Type: Article

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