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Direct percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for acute embolic middle cerebral artery occlusion: Report of two cases

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International Journal of Angiology

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Two patients with cardioembolic middle cerebral artery (MCA) trunk occlusion were treated by direct percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA).

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Junwakai Memorial Hospital, Institute of Cerebrovascular Diseases, 1119, 880-21, Komatsu, Miyazaki, Japan

    Shinichi Nakano M.D. (F.I.C.A.), Kiyotaka Yokogami M.D. & Hajime Ohta M.D.

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Miyazaki Medical College, Miyazaki, Japan

    Tomokazu Goya M.D. & Shinichiro Wakisaka M.D.

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Nakano, S., Yokogami, K., Ohta, H. et al. Direct percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for acute embolic middle cerebral artery occlusion: Report of two cases. International Journal of Angiology 6, 254–256 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01616222

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