"Thrombectomy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Surgical removal of an obstructing clot or foreign material from a blood vessel at the point of its formation. Removal of a clot arising from a distant site is called EMBOLECTOMY.
| Descriptor ID |
D017131
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.100.814.842
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| Concept/Terms |
Percutaneous Aspiration Thrombectomy- Percutaneous Aspiration Thrombectomy
- Aspiration Thrombectomies, Percutaneous
- Aspiration Thrombectomy, Percutaneous
- Percutaneous Aspiration Thrombectomies
- Thrombectomies, Percutaneous Aspiration
- Thrombectomy, Percutaneous Aspiration
Aspiration Thrombectomy- Aspiration Thrombectomy
- Aspiration Thrombectomies
- Thrombectomies, Aspiration
- Thrombectomy, Aspiration
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| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Thrombectomy" by people in Profiles.
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A cost-utility analysis of mechanical thrombectomy as an adjunct to intravenous tissue-type plasminogen activator for acute large-vessel ischemic stroke. Stroke. 2011 Jul; 42(7):2013-8.
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Is mechanical clot removal or disruption a cost-effective treatment for acute stroke? AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2011 Feb; 32(2):244-9.