Neurothrombectomy in the treatment of acute ischaemic stroke

Nature Reviews Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 645-652

  Jansen, Olav ^a   Rohr, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; HEPARIN; PROUROKINASE;

BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORKSCREW; DEVICE APPROVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROTHROMBECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STENT; STENT RETRIEVER; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; STROKE; THROMBECTOMY;

EID: 84887253172     PISSN: 17594758     EISSN: 17594766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2013.204     Document Type: Review

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