Performance and Training Standards for Endovascular Ischemic Stroke Treatment

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 411-415

  Meyers, Philip M ^a   Schumacher, H Christian ^a   Alexander, Michael J ^a   Derdeyn, Colin P ^a   Furlan, Anthony J ^a   Higashida, Randall T ^a   Moran, Christopher J ^a   Tarr, Robert W ^a   Heck, Donald V ^a   Hirsch, Joshua A ^a   Jensen, Mary E ^a   Linfante, Italo ^a   McDougall, Cameron G ^a   Nesbit, Gary M ^a   Rasmussen, Peter A ^a   Tomsick, Thomas A ^a   Wechsler, Lawrence R ^a   Wilson, John R ^a   Zaidat, Osama O ^a  

^a AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

endovascular; endovascular therapy; fellowship; intra arterial; performance; Stroke; training standards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERCUTANEOUS THROMBECTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CREDENTIALING; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 70449507067     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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