Treatment of acute vertebrobasilar occlusion using thrombectomy with stent retrievers: Initial experience with 18 patients

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1044-1048

  Espinosa De Rueda, Mariano ^a   Parrilla, G ^a   Zamarro, J ^a   Garcia Villalba B ^a   Hernandez F ^a   Moreno, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BASILAR ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD CLOT RETRACTION; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; MORTALITY; STENT; STENT RETRIEVER; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THROMBOSIS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; STENTS; THROMBECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84878484172     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3329     Document Type: Article

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