Other endovascular treatment strategies for acute ischemic stroke

T A Kuether; G M Nesbit; S L Barnwell

Other endovascular treatment strategies for acute ischemic stroke

Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 1999 Aug;9(3):509-25.

Authors

T A Kuether¹, G M Nesbit, S L Barnwell

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon 97201, USA. kuethert@ohsu.edu

PMID: 10433642

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.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Angioplasty, Balloon / instrumentation*
Angioplasty, Laser / instrumentation
Brain Ischemia / diagnosis
Brain Ischemia / etiology
Brain Ischemia / therapy*
Carotid Artery Thrombosis / diagnosis
Carotid Artery Thrombosis / etiology
Carotid Artery Thrombosis / therapy
Collateral Circulation / physiology
Diagnostic Imaging
Equipment Design
Humans
Intracranial Embolism / diagnosis
Intracranial Embolism / etiology
Intracranial Embolism / therapy*
Stents
Thrombectomy / instrumentation
Treatment Outcome