Merci mechanical thrombectomy retriever for acute ischemic stroke therapy: Literature review

Neurology

Volumn 79, Issue 13 SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Alshekhlee, Amer ^a   Pandya, Dhruvil J ^b   English, Joey ^d   Zaidat, Osama O ^b,c   Mueller, Nils ^e   Gupta, Rishi ^d   Nogueira, Raul G ^d  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Neurology ^*  (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; MERCI RETRIEVER DEVICE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; RECANALIZATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; REVASCULARIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 84867521585     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182697e89     Document Type: Review

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