Hospitalization costs for patients with acute ischemic stroke treated with endovascular embolectomy in the united states

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3271-3273

  Brinjikji, Waleed ^a   Kallmes, David F ^b   Rabinstein, Alejandro A ^b   Lanzino, Giuseppe ^b   Cloft, Harry J ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

acute stroke; acute stroke syndromes; emergency treatment of stroke; endovascular treatment; interventional neuroradiology subject codes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS THROMBECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEOSTOMY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMBOLECTOMY; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054975977     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.618405     Document Type: Article

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