Thrombus Branching and Vessel Curvature Are Important Determinants of Middle Cerebral Artery Trunk Recanalization With Merci Thrombectomy Devices | Zendy

Liangfu Zhu | Zendy; David S. Liebeskind | Zendy; Reza Jahan | Zendy; Sidney Starkman | Zendy; Noriko Salamon | Zendy; Gary Duckwiler | Zendy; Fernando Viñuela | Zendy; Satoshi Tateshima | Zendy; Nestor R. Gonzalez | Zendy; Pablo Villablanca | Zendy; Latisha K. Ali | Zendy; Doojin Kim | Zendy; Bruce Ovbiagele | Zendy; Michael T. Froehler | Zendy; Matthew Tenser | Zendy; Jeffrey L. Saver | Zendy

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Thrombus Branching and Vessel Curvature Are Important Determinants of Middle Cerebral Artery Trunk Recanalization With Merci Thrombectomy Devices

Author(s) -

Liangfu Zhu,

David S. Liebeskind,

Reza Jahan,

Sidney Starkman,

Noriko Salamon,

Gary Duckwiler,

Fernando Viñuela,

Satoshi Tateshima,

Nestor R. Gonzalez,

Pablo Villablanca,

Latisha K. Ali,

Doojin Kim,

Bruce Ovbiagele,

Michael T. Froehler,

Matthew Tenser,

Jeffrey L. Saver

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.110.612986

Subject(s) - medicine , middle cerebral artery , thrombolysis , thrombus , cardiology , stroke (engine) , modified rankin scale , cerebral infarction , radiology , ischemia , ischemic stroke , myocardial infarction , mechanical engineering , engineering

Determinants of successful recanalization likely differ for Merci thrombectomy and intra-arterial pharmacological fibrinolysis interventions. Although the amount of thrombotic material to be digested is an important consideration for chemical lysis, mechanical debulking may be more greatly influenced by other target lesion characteristics.

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