When anatomy challenges access: successful thrombectomy in posterior cerebral artery stroke with PICA-VA variant
Department of Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, Medical University of Lublin, Poland
Department of Neurology, Medical University of Lublin, Poland
Department of Endocrinology, Saint Jan of Dukla Oncology Centre of the Lublin Region, Poland
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