Therapeutic Decision Making in Acute Stroke due to Carotid Artery Dissection: A Potential Role for Percutaneous Vascular Intervention following Intravenous Thrombolysis

Therapeutic Decision Making in Acute Stroke due to Carotid Artery Dissection: A Potential Role for Percutaneous Vascular Intervention following Intravenous Thrombolysis

Internal carotid artery dissection (ICAD) is an important cause of acute ischemic stroke in younger patients. Potential acute treatments include anticoagulation, intravenous thrombolysis (IVT), and endovascular thrombectomy (ET). We report a case where the use of IVT followed by ET resulted in a goo...

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Main Authors: J. B. Lewis, Á. Merwick, R. Ó. Laoide, A. O'Hare, C. McGuigan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Vascular Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/121696

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