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Tailored Vessel-Catheter Diameter Ratio in a Direct Aspiration First-Pass Technique: Is It a Matter of Caliber?

E. Pampana, S. Fabiano, G. De Rubeis, L. Bertaccini, A. Stasolla, A. Vallone, A. Pingi, M. Mangiardi, S. Anticoli, C. Gasperini and E. Cotroneo
American Journal of Neuroradiology March 2021, 42 (3) 546-550; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A6987
E. Pampana
aFrom the Department of Diagnostic, Unità Operativa Complessa of Neuroradiology and Interventional Neuroradiology (E.P., S.F., G.D.R., L.B., A.S., A.V., A.P., E.C.)
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S. Fabiano
aFrom the Department of Diagnostic, Unità Operativa Complessa of Neuroradiology and Interventional Neuroradiology (E.P., S.F., G.D.R., L.B., A.S., A.V., A.P., E.C.)
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G. De Rubeis
aFrom the Department of Diagnostic, Unità Operativa Complessa of Neuroradiology and Interventional Neuroradiology (E.P., S.F., G.D.R., L.B., A.S., A.V., A.P., E.C.)
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L. Bertaccini
aFrom the Department of Diagnostic, Unità Operativa Complessa of Neuroradiology and Interventional Neuroradiology (E.P., S.F., G.D.R., L.B., A.S., A.V., A.P., E.C.)
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A. Stasolla
aFrom the Department of Diagnostic, Unità Operativa Complessa of Neuroradiology and Interventional Neuroradiology (E.P., S.F., G.D.R., L.B., A.S., A.V., A.P., E.C.)
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A. Vallone
aFrom the Department of Diagnostic, Unità Operativa Complessa of Neuroradiology and Interventional Neuroradiology (E.P., S.F., G.D.R., L.B., A.S., A.V., A.P., E.C.)
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A. Pingi
aFrom the Department of Diagnostic, Unità Operativa Complessa of Neuroradiology and Interventional Neuroradiology (E.P., S.F., G.D.R., L.B., A.S., A.V., A.P., E.C.)
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M. Mangiardi
bStroke Unit Emergency Department, Unità Operativa Semplice Dipartimentale (M.M., S.A.)
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S. Anticoli
bStroke Unit Emergency Department, Unità Operativa Semplice Dipartimentale (M.M., S.A.)
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C. Gasperini
cDepartment of Neuroscience, Unità Operativa Complessa of Neurology (C.G.), San Camillo Forlanini Hospital, Rome Italy
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E. Cotroneo
aFrom the Department of Diagnostic, Unità Operativa Complessa of Neuroradiology and Interventional Neuroradiology (E.P., S.F., G.D.R., L.B., A.S., A.V., A.P., E.C.)
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E. Pampana, S. Fabiano, G. De Rubeis, L. Bertaccini, A. Stasolla, A. Vallone, A. Pingi, M. Mangiardi, S. Anticoli, C. Gasperini, E. Cotroneo
Tailored Vessel-Catheter Diameter Ratio in a Direct Aspiration First-Pass Technique: Is It a Matter of Caliber?
American Journal of Neuroradiology Mar 2021, 42 (3) 546-550; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A6987

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