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Endovascular Treatment of Acute Stroke

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Stroke is the clinical situation that follows neurological cell death due to decreased blood flow:

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  1. Department of Surgery and Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA

    Ali R. Zomorodi

  2. Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA

    Tony P. Smith

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  1. Dept. Diagnostic Radiology, St. George's Hospital, Blackshaw Rd., London, SW17 0QT, United Kingdom

    Robert A. Morgan

  2. Dept. Diagnostic Radiology, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, San Pablo Road 4500 , Jacksonville, 32224, U.S.A.

    Eric Walser

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Zomorodi, A.R., Smith, T.P. (2010). Endovascular Treatment of Acute Stroke. In: Morgan, R., Walser, E. (eds) Handbook of Angioplasty and Stenting Procedures. Techniques in Interventional Radiology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-399-6_22

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