Recanalization of large intracranial vessels using the penumbra system: A single-center experience

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1488-1493

  Psychogios, M N ^a   Kreusch, A ^a   Wasser, K ^a   Mohr, A ^a   Groschel K ^a   Knauth, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; MEDICAL DEVICE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PENUMBRA SYSTEM; RECANALIZATION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MALE; MECHANICAL THROMBOLYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84866397912     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2990     Document Type: Article

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