Mechanical thrombectomy in acute stroke: Utilization variances and impact of procedural volume on inpatient mortality

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1263-1269

  Adamczyk, Peter ^a   Attenello, Frank ^a   Wen, Ge ^a   He, Shuhan ^a   Russin, Jonathan ^a   Sanossian, Nerses ^a   Amar, Arun Paul ^a   MacK, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; mortality; neurointerventional procedures; thrombectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHILD; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICD-9; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; BLOOD CLOT RETRACTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHILD; CLOT RETRACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OWNERSHIP; STROKE; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889020750     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2012.08.007     Document Type: Article

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