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A multi-center study of the MicroNET-covered stent in consecutive patients with acute carotid-related stroke: SAFEGUARD-STROKE

Lukasz Tekieli
1, 2, 3
,
Andrey Afanasiev
4
,
Maciej Mazgaj
5
,
Vladimir Borodetsky
6
,
Kolja Sievert
7
,
Zoltan Ruzsa
8
,
Magdalena Knapik
2, 9
,
Audrius Širvinskas
4
,
Adam Mazurek
1, 2
,
Karolina Dzierwa
10
,
Thomas Sanczuk
11
,
Valerija Mosenko
12
,
Malgorzata Urbanczyk-Zawadzka
13
,
Mariusz Trystula
14
,
Piotr Paluszek
1, 14
,
Lukasz Wiewiorka
13
,
Justyna Stefaniak
15
,
Piotr Pieniazek
2, 3, 14
,
Inga Slautaitė
16
,
Tomasz Kwiatkowski
14
,
Artūras Mackevičius
17
,
Michael Teitcher
18
,
Horst Sievert
7
,
Iris Q. Grunwald
19, 20
,
Piotr Musialek
1, 2

  1. St. John Paul II Hospital in Krakow Stroke Thrombectomy-Capable Cardiovascular Centre, Krakow, Poland
  2. Department of Cardiac and Vascular Diseases, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
  3. Department of Interventional Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
  4. Department of Interventional Radiology, Republican Vilnius University Hospital, Vilnius, Lithuania
  5. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Stephan Cardinal Wyszynski Regional Hospital, Lublin, Poland
  6. Department of Interventional Radiology, Share Zedek Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
  7. CardioVascular Center Frankfurt (CVC), Sankt Katharinen Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany
  8. Invasive Cardiology Division, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
  9. Department of Radiology, Podhalanski Multispecialty Hospital, Nowy Targ, Poland
  10. St. John Paul II Hospital Krakow Cardiovascular Imaging Laboratory, Krakow, Poland
  11. Department of Neurology, Stephan Cardinal Wyszynski Regional Hospital, Lublin, Poland
  12. Santaros Klinikos, Vilnius University Hospital, Vilnius, Lithuania
  13. St. John Paul II Hospital in Krakow Department of Radiology, Krakow, Poland
  14. Department of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Interventions, John Paul II Hospital, Krakow, Poland
  15. Department of Bioinformatics and Telemedicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
  16. Department of Neurology, Republican Vilnius University Hospital, Vilnius, Lithuania
  17. Department of Vascular Surgery, Republican Vilnius University Hospital, Vilnius, Lithuania
  18. Department of Neurology, Share Zedek Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
  19. Division of Imaging Science and Technology, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom
  20. University of Dundee Chair of Neuroradiology and Ninewells Hospital Department of Radiology, Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom
Adv Interv Cardiol 2024; 20, 2 (76): 172–193
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2024.140963
Online publish date: 2024/06/29
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