Clinical outcomes in middle cerebral artery trunk occlusions versus secondary division occlusions after mechanical thrombectomy: Pooled analysis of the mechanical embolus removal in cerebral ischemia (MERCI) and multi MERCI trials

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 953-960

  Shi, Zhong Song ^a,c   Loh, Yince ^a,d   Walker, Gary ^b   Duckwiler, Gary R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Division of Clinical Research   (United States)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Endovascular treatment; Middle cerebral artery; Outcome; Thrombectomy

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY SECONDARY DIVISION OCCLUSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; EMBOLECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951768609     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.571943     Document Type: Article

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