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

Joint Authors

McGuigan, C.
O'Hare, A.
Lewis, J. B.
Laoide, R. Ó.
Merwick, Á.

Source

Case Reports in Vascular Medicine

Issue

Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-3, 3 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2013-02-21

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

3

Main Subjects

Diseases

Abstract EN

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 good clinical outcome in a patient with tandem internal carotid and middle cerebral artery occlusion following ICAD.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Lewis, J. B.& Merwick, Á.& Laoide, R. Ó.& O'Hare, A.& McGuigan, C.. 2013. Therapeutic Decision Making in Acute Stroke due to Carotid Artery Dissection : A Potential Role for Percutaneous Vascular Intervention following Intravenous Thrombolysis. Case Reports in Vascular Medicine،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-3.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

Lewis, J. B.…[et al.]. Therapeutic Decision Making in Acute Stroke due to Carotid Artery Dissection : A Potential Role for Percutaneous Vascular Intervention following Intravenous Thrombolysis. Case Reports in Vascular Medicine No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-3.
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American Medical Association (AMA)

Lewis, J. B.& Merwick, Á.& Laoide, R. Ó.& O'Hare, A.& McGuigan, C.. Therapeutic Decision Making in Acute Stroke due to Carotid Artery Dissection : A Potential Role for Percutaneous Vascular Intervention following Intravenous Thrombolysis. Case Reports in Vascular Medicine. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-447340

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-447340