Is acute stroke treatment heading towards a more endovascular approach?

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 778-779

  Menon, Bijoy K ^a   Demchuk, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68249109132     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(09)70206-6     Document Type: Letter

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