Primary manual aspiration thrombectomy (MAT) for acute ischemic stroke: Safety, feasibility and outcomes in 112 consecutive patients

Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 27-31

  Jankowitz, Brian ^a   Grandhi, Ramesh ^a   Horev, Anat ^b   Aghaebrahim, Amin ^b   Jadhav, Ashutosh ^b   Linares, Guillermo ^b   Jovin, Tudor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CATHETER; BLEEDING; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CATHETER SHEATH; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GUIDE WIRE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL ASPIRATION THROMBECTOMY; MICROCATHETER; MORTALITY; PERFORATION; PUNCTURE; RECANALIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; THROMBUS ASPIRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERY ELDERLY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; STROKE; THROMBECTOMY;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); STROKE; THROMBECTOMY;

EID: 84918580624     PISSN: 17598478     EISSN: 17598486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2013-011024     Document Type: Article

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