Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 34, Issue 11 , Pages 1775-1782 , November 2008

Safety and Efficacy of the Sonographic Acceleration of the Middle Cerebral Artery Recanalization: Results of the pilot Thrombotripsy Study

  • David Skoloudik

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic
    • Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University and University Hospital, Olomouc, Czech Republic
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: David Školoudík, MD, PhD, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Ostrava, Tr. 17 listopadu 1790, 70856 Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic
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  • Michal Bar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic
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  • Ondrej Skoda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, City Hospital, Pelhrimov, Czech Republic
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  • Daniel Vaclavik

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Vitkovice Hospital, Ostrava, Czech Republic
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  • Pavel Hradilek

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic
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  • Jens Allendoerfer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Medical Center, Giessen, Germany
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  • Daniel Sanak

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University and University Hospital, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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  • Petr Hlustik

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University and University Hospital, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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  • Katerina Langova

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biophysics, Informatics and Biometry, Faculty of Medicine of the Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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  • Roman Herzig

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University and University Hospital, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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  • Petr Kanovsky

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University and University Hospital, Olomouc, Czech Republic

Received 16 October 2007 ,Revised 15 March 2008 ,Accepted 3 April 2008.

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PII: S0301-5629(08)00181-6

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.04.002

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 34, Issue 11 , Pages 1775-1782 , November 2008

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