Endovascular therapy of acute ischemic stroke: Report of the Standards of Practice Committee of the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery

Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 87-93

  Blackham, K A ^a   Meyers, P M ^b,c   Abruzzo, T A ^d   Alberquerque, F C ^e   Fiorella, D ^f   Fraser, J ^g   Frei, D ^h   Gandhi, C D ⁱ   Heck, D V ^j   Hirsch, J A ^k   Hsu, D P ^a   Jayaraman, M ^l,m   Narayanan, S ⁿ   Prestigiacomo, C ^o   Sunshine, J L ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^c NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Barrow Neurosurgical Associates Ltd   (United States)

^f STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^h Radiology Imaging Associates   (United States)

ⁱ New Jersey Medical School   (United States)

^j Department of Radiology   (United States)

^k MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^l BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁿ WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; ALTEPLASE; DESMOTEPLASE; HEPARIN; OCRIPLASMIN; PLACEBO; PLASMIN; PROUROKINASE; RETEPLASE; SARUPLASE; TENECTEPLASE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ASPIRATION CATHETER; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SAFETY; ENDOVASCULAR THERAPY; HUMAN; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; INTRACRANIAL STENTING; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGICAL AND SENSORIAL PROCEDURES; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; POSTERIOR CIRCULATION OCCLUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STENT; STROKE; THROMBUS ASPIRATION;

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857421709     PISSN: 17598478     EISSN: 17598486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2011-010243     Document Type: Review

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