First reported use of retrievable stent technology for removal of a large septic embolus in the middle cerebral artery

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 77, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 591.e1-591.e5

  Kan, Peter ^a,c   Webb, Sharon ^a,c   Siddiqui, Adnan H ^a,b,c   Levy, Elad I ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; Infective endocarditis; Mechanical embolectomy; Stent retrieval

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONFUSION; DEVICE REMOVAL; DYSPNEA; EMBOLISM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MYALGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; REVASCULARIZATION; REVIEW; SAFETY; SEPTIC EMBOLUS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84861826816     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2011.05.059     Document Type: Review

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