Acute vertebrobasilar artery thrombosis: long-term benefit of vertebral artery stenting.
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چکیده
Acute vertebrobasilar artery occlusion is a life-threatening event, even after thrombolytic treatment with local intraarterial (IA) recombinant tissue plasminogen activator. We report a 70-year-old man with acute vertebral artery occlusion in which IA thrombolysis resulted in partial recanalisation and revealed pre-existing severe stenosis as the underlying cause. Stenosis was managed with stenting with excellent long-term clinical as well as angiographical outcomes.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Singapore medical journal
دوره 48 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007