Mechanical thrombectomy cases in literature | Pregnancy trimester | Intravenous thrombolysis or other acute treatment | NIHSS at presentation | Intracranial occlusion | Access | Mechanical thrombectomy technique | Quality of recanalization | mRS at follow-up | Pregnancy outcome |
Bhogal et al
19
(first case) | Second | Aspirin and 5000 U IV heparin | 15 | Left carotid terminus | Femoral | Stent-assisted mechanical aspiration thrombectomy | TICI 2b | 1 (8 years after stroke) | Normal full-term vaginal delivery, child doing well at 8 years |
Bhogal et al
19
(second case) | Third | IV t-PA | Not available/recorded | Basilar artery occlusion | Femoral | Stent retriever thrombectomy | Not reported | Not available at the time of case report | Pregnancy ongoing when authors reported case |
Aaron et al
21
(first case) | Third | None | 20 | Right M1 | Femoral | Mechanical aspiration thrombectomy | Not reported | 0 (6 months) | Elective cesarean section at term |
Aaron et al
21
(second case) | Third | None | 21 | Right M1 | Femoral | Mechanical aspiration thrombectomy | Not reported | 2 (6 months) | Emergency lower segment cesarean section, healthy baby delivered |
Blythe et al
23
(one case) | Third | None | 11 | Right M1 | Not reported | NA | Not reported | 0 (6 weeks) | Cesarean section at term, healthy newborn |
Watanabe et al
20
(one case) | Second | IV t-PA (0.6 mg/kg dose) approved dosing in Japan | 13 | Left carotid occlusion | Not reported | Stent-assisted thrombectomy | Not reported | 1 (4 months from stroke) | Full-term normal vaginal delivery |
Zhu et al
22
(one case) | Second | IV t-PA | 13 | Left M1 | Not reported | Continuous aspiration thrombectomy | TICI 2b | 0 (1 year) | Full-term, normal vaginal delivery |
mRS, modified Rankin Scale; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; TICI, Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction; t-PA, alteplase.