The versatile distal access catheter: The Cleveland clinic experience

Neurosurgery

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1677-1686

  Spiotta, Alejandro M ^a   Hussain, Muhammad S ^a   Sivapatham, Thinesh ^a   Bain, Mark ^a   Gupta, Rishi ^b   Moskowitz, Shaye I ^a   Hui, Ferdinand K ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal access catheter; Microcatheter stability; Neurointerventional technique Neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COIL EMBOLIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULAR ACCESS DEVICE;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETERS; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 79955883537     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31820edfd8     Document Type: Article

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