Is mechanical embolectomy performed in nonanesthetized patients effective?

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1533-1535

  Sugg, Rebecca M ^a   Jackson, A S ^a   Holloway, W ^a   Martin, C O ^a   Akhtar, N ^a   Rymer, M ^a  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; EMBOLECTOMY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVASCULARIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; EMBOLECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 77956569116     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2091     Document Type: Article

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