Mechanical device the Penumbra system in the management of acute stroke: Report of five cases

Neurology India

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 310-312

  Huded, Vikram ^a   Saraf, Rashmi ^a   Limaye, Uday ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Mechanical thrombolysis; Penumbra system; Re canalization

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; PROUROKINASE; UROKINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CEREBELLUM INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANKIN SCALE; RECANALIZATION; SAFETY; STROKE; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; EMBOLECTOMY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; THROMBECTOMY; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 67651159050     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.53293     Document Type: Article

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