Endovascular acute stroke treatment performed by vascular interventional radiologists: Is it safe and efficacious?

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1029-1035

  Fjetland, Lars ^a   Roy, Sumit ^a   Kurz, Kathinka D ^a   Larsen, Jan Petter ^a   Kurz, Martin W ^a  

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Endovascular treatment; Neurointerventions; Stroke therapy; Thrombectomy; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; GUIDING CATHETER; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MALE; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; MORTALITY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROLOGICAL CATHETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANKIN SCALE; REPERFUSION DEVICE; SCORING SYSTEM; THROMBECTOMY DEVICE; THROMBOLYSIS IN MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION SCORE; VASCULAR EQUIPMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; STROKE; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867575778     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: 1432086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-012-0438-5     Document Type: Article

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