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Endovascular Management of Tandem Occlusion Stroke Related to Internal Carotid Artery Dissection Using a Distal to Proximal Approach: Insight from the RECOST Study.

Gaultier MarnatIsabelle MourandOmer Faruk EkerPaolo MachiCaroline ArquizanC RiquelmeXavier AyrignacAlain BonafeVincent Costalat
Published in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2016)
Mechanical endovascular treatment of carotid artery dissection tandem occlusions is safe and effective compared with isolated anterior circulation occlusion stroke therapy. Hence, a more conservative approach with stent placement only in cases of circle of Willis insufficiency may be a reliable and safe strategy.
Keyphrases
  • internal carotid artery
  • endovascular treatment
  • atrial fibrillation
  • middle cerebral artery
  • stem cells
  • cerebral ischemia
  • cell therapy
  • aortic dissection