Endovascular therapy of acute ischaemic stroke by interventional cardiologists: Single-centre experience from Turkey

EuroIntervention

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 876-883

  Goktekin, Omer ^a   Tasal, Abdurrahman ^a   Uyarel, Huseyin ^a   Vatankulu, Mehmet Akif ^a   Sonmez, Osman ^a   Kul, Seref ^a   Ay, Nuray ^a   Yamac, Hatice ^a   Altintas, Ozge ^b   Karadeli, Hasan ^b   Kolukisa, Mehmet ^b   Aralasmak, Ayse ^b   Asil, Talip ^b  

^a BEZMIALEM VAKIF UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Bezmialem Foundation University   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Clot retrieval; Endovascular therapy for acute ischaemic stroke; Mechanical thrombectomy; Middle cerebral artery occlusion; Tandem carotid and intracerebral artery occlusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOLOGIST; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GUIDE WIRE; GUIDING CATHETER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MALE; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; MICROCATHETER; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; RANKIN SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF EXPANDING STENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VERY ELDERLY; CARDIOLOGY; DEVICES; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; STENT; STROKE; THROMBECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOLOGY; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MECHANICAL THROMBOLYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; STENTS; STROKE; THROMBECTOMY;

EID: 84911487869     PISSN: 1774024X     EISSN: 19696213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4244/EIJV10I7A149     Document Type: Article

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