Correlation of middle cerebral artery tortuosity with successful recanalization using the merci retrieval system with or without adjunctive treatments

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 113-119

  Yamamoto, Shiro ^a   Yamagami, Hiroshi ^a,b   Todo, Kenichi ^a   Kuramoto, Yoji ^a,c   Ishikawa, Tatsuya ^a   Imamura, Hirotoshi ^a   Ueno, Yasushi ^a,c   Adachi, Hidemitsu ^a   Kohara, Nobuo ^a   Sakai, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a KOBE CITY MEDICAL CENTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^c Shinko Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Merci retrieval system; Middle cerebral artery; Recanalization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CATHETER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICES; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBECTOMY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84893936380     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.oa2012-0348     Document Type: Article

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