Do no harm: The rush to abbreviated training of stroke interventionalists is premature and ill advised

Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-6

  Heck, Donald V ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COGNITION; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROIMAGING; NONSURGICAL INVASIVE THERAPY; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84455192863     PISSN: 17598478     EISSN: 17598486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2011-010183     Document Type: Review

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