Reduction in distal emboli with proximal flow control during mechanical thrombectomy: A quantitative in vitro study

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1396-1401

  Chueh, Ju Yu ^a   Kühn, Anna Luisa ^a   Puri, Ajit S ^a   Wilson, Scott D ^b   Wakhloo, Ajay K ^a   Gounis, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Concentric Medical ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

acute ischemic stroke; embolism; experimental; interventional treatment; mechanical thrombectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BALLOON DILATATION; BLOOD CLOT; BLOOD FLOW; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; GUIDING CATHETER; IN VITRO STUDY; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RECANALIZATION; STENT; THROMBUS ASPIRATION;

CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MODELS, ANATOMIC; STENTS; STROKE; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84876869405     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.670463     Document Type: Article

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