What the SWIFT and TREVO II trials tell us about the role of endovascular therapy for acute stroke

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1761-1764

  Broderick, Joseph P ^a   Schroth, Gerhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Ischemic; Stroke; Thrombectomy; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RANKIN SCALE; RECANALIZATION; SELF EXPANDING STENT; STENT; STENT RETRIEVER; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR EQUIPMENT; VERTEBROBASILAR ARTERY OCCLUSION; VERTEBROBASILAR OCCLUSION;

CLINICAL TRIAL; ISCHEMIC; STROKE; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOLYSIS;

ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STENTS; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880153597     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.000740     Document Type: Article

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