In contrast, a standard physical examination achieved only 40 to 89 percent accuracy in identifying patients with large - vessel occlusion who could benefit
from endovascular therapy.
Not exact matches
Advances in radiology have made it possible for specially trained neurosurgeons, called
endovascular neurosurgeons, to make repairs
from within blood vessels using catheters and guide wires.
BACKGROUND Whether
endovascular stroke treatment improves clinical outcomes is unclear because of the paucity of data
from randomised placebo - controlled trials.
The doctors performed a procedure called
endovascular treatment (ET), carefully suctioning out the clot through a catheter threaded
from an artery in Evelyne's groin up to her brain.