Mechanical thrombectomy as the primary treatment for acute basilar artery occlusion: Experience from 5 years of practice

Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 221-225

  Andersson, Tommy ^a,b   Söderqvist, Åsa Kuntze ^a,b   Söderman, Michael ^a,b   Holmin, Staffan ^a,b   Wahlgren, Nils ^a,b   Kaijser, Magnus ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY OCCLUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INFARCTION; MALE; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PETECHIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; RECANALIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BASILAR ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878381414     PISSN: 17598478     EISSN: 17598486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2011-010096     Document Type: Article

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