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T A Kuether1, G M Nesbit, S L Barnwell
1Department of Neurosurgery, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon 97201, USA. kuethert@ohsu.edu
Neuroimaging Clinics of North America
|August 5, 1999
Abstract:
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.