Comparison of stent-retriever devices versus the merci retriever for endovascular treatment of acute stroke

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 366-372

  Broussalis, E ^a   Trinka, E ^a   Hitzl, W ^b   Wallner, A ^a   Chroust, V ^a   Killer Oberpfalzer, Monika ^a  

^a University Hospital Salzburg   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALTEPLASE; CLOPIDOGREL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CATHETER; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOVASCULAR MECHANICAL RECANALIZATION THERAPY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUIDE WIRE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERCI RETRIEVER; MRS SCORE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STENT; STENT RETRIEVER DEVICE; STROKE PATIENT; SURGICAL MESH; THROMBECTOMY; TICI SCORE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84876171128     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3195     Document Type: Article

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