Mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke: final results of the Multi MERCI trial

Endovascular mechanical thrombectomy may be used during acute ischemic stroke due to large vessel intracranial occlusion. First-generation MERCI devices achieved recanalization rates of 48% and, when coupled with intraarterial thrombolytic drugs, recanalization rates of 60% have been reported. Enhan...

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Published in:	Stroke (1970) Vol. 39; no. 4; p. 1205
Main Authors:	Smith, Wade S, Sung, Gene, Saver, Jeffrey, Budzik, Ronald, Duckwiler, Gary, Liebeskind, David S, Lutsep, Helmi L, Rymer, Marilyn M, Higashida, Randall T, Starkman, Sidney, Gobin, Y Pierre, Frei, Donald, Grobelny, Thomas, Hellinger, Frank, Huddle, Dan, Kidwell, Chelsea, Koroshetz, Walter, Marks, Michael, Nesbit, Gary, Silverman, Isaac E
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.04.2008
Subjects:	Acute Disease Aged Aged, 80 and over Brain Ischemia - drug therapy Brain Ischemia - mortality Brain Ischemia - surgery Combined Modality Therapy Equipment Design Female Fibrinolytic Agents - therapeutic use Humans Intracranial Thrombosis - drug therapy Intracranial Thrombosis - mortality Intracranial Thrombosis - surgery Male Middle Aged Prospective Studies Stroke - drug therapy Stroke - mortality Stroke - surgery Thrombectomy - instrumentation Thrombectomy - methods Thrombectomy - mortality Treatment Outcome
ISSN:	1524-4628, 1524-4628
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