Mechanical Thrombectomy in Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Systematic Review

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 455-460

  Lambrinos, Anna ^a   Schaink, Alexis K ^a   Dhalla, Irfan ^a   Krings, Timo ^b,c   Casaubon, Leanne K ^c,d   Sikich, Nancy ^a   Lum, Cheemun ^e   Bharatha, Aditya ^f   Pereira, Vitor Mendes ^b,c   Stotts, Grant ^g   Saposnik, Gustavo ^f   Kelloway, Linda ^h   Xie, Xuanqian ^a,i   Hill, Michael D ^j  

^a Health Quality Ontario   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g Ottawa Stroke Program   (Canada)

^h Ontario Stroke Network   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

acute ischemic stroke; endovascular treatment; mechanical thrombectomy; meta analysis; systematic review

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; HUMAN; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; REPERFUSION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBUS ASPIRATION; COMPLICATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE; THROMBECTOMY;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STROKE; THROMBECTOMY;

EID: 84975709664     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2016.30     Document Type: Review

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