Training Guidelines for Intra-arterial Catheter-directed Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Statement from a Special Writing Group of the Society of Interventional Radiology

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1507-1522

  Connors III, J J ^a   Sacks, David ^b   Black, Carl M ^d   McIff, E Bruce ^d   Stallmeyer, M J B ^e   Cole, John W ^f   Rowley, Howard A ^g   Wojak, Joan C ^e   Mericle, Robert A ^a   Murphy, Kieran J ^h   Cardella, John F ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b READING HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UTAH VALLEY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT; PROUROKINASE; SARUPLASE; SEDATIVE AGENT; THROMBIN INHIBITOR; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERFORATION; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CATHETER; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMBOLECTOMY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MORTALITY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STAFF TRAINING; STANDARD; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CREDENTIALING; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70450173272     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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