Other endovascular treatment strategies for acute ischemic stroke.
This article discusses the efforts being made to develop a safe, efficacious method of clot removal in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke. Four endovascular treatment strategies are discussed: mechanical clot disruption, endovascular thrombectomy, stents, and therapeutic carotid occlusion.
Kuether
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Department of Neurosurgery, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon 97201, USA. kuethert@ohsu.edu
Nesbit
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Barnwell
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016342:Angioplasty, Laser / Q000295:instrumentation; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D002341:Carotid Artery Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D003097:Collateral Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D020766:Intracranial Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D015607:Stents; D017131:Thrombectomy / Q000295:instrumentation; D016896:Treatment Outcome