Aspiration Thrombectomy of Acute Complete Carotid Bulb Occlusion
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Patient 1
A 72-year-old woman presented with right hemiparesis and aphasia of 4 hours duration. Her National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score was 17. Magnetic resonance (MR) for acute stroke, including diffusionweighted imaging (DWI), T2-weighted imaging, perfusion-weighted imaging (PWI) and three-dimensional time of flight intracranial arteriography (MRA), revealed a large DWI/PWI mismatch (PWI > DWI) in the left cerebral hemisphere and non-visualization of the left ICA. She had no
DISCUSSION
During acute thrombolytic attempts as those used in our two patients who presented with acute stroke, intra-arterial aspiration thrombectomy can be a rescue procedure to restore carotid arterial flow when there is a large thrombi burden at the level of the carotid bulb leading to complete occlusion. Although our study had a limited number of patients, the excellent angiographic results (TIMI 3) and good clinical recovery (NHISS score 4, 2 at the time of discharge; mRS score 2, 1 at 3 months)
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This study was supported by a grant of the Korea Health 21 R&D Project, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (03-PJ1-PG1-CH06–0001).
None of the authors has identified a potential conflict of interest.