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Venous Procedures

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Abstract

Venous neuroendovascular procedures include venography, venous test occlusion, venous sampling, transvenous embolization, venous thrombolysis and thrombectomy, and venous stenting.

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Harrigan, M.R., Deveikis, J.P. (2018). Venous Procedures. In: Handbook of Cerebrovascular Disease and Neurointerventional Technique. Contemporary Medical Imaging. Humana, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66779-9_11

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