Using a distal access catheter in acute stroke intervention with penumbra, merci and gateway: A technical case report

Interventional Neuroradiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 421-424

  Kalia, J S ^a   Zaidat, Osama O ^a,b  

^a FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Neurology Neurosurgery and Radiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stroke intervention; DAC; Distal access cather; Merci; Neurointervention; Outreach catheter; Penumbra system; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENT; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBUS ASPIRATION;

EID: 76549092173     PISSN: 11239344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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