Etiologic and prognostic value of external carotid artery thrombus detection during endovascular therapy for anterior circulation proximal occlusions.
Thomas CourretThomas TourdiasJean PapaxanthosJulien LabreucheFlorent GarielJean-Sebastien LiegeyStephane OlindoPauline RenouJerome BergeXavier BarreauSharmila SagnierPatrice MenegonLudovic LucasPierre BriauMathilde PoliSabrina DebruxellesFrançois RouanetVincent DoussetIgor Paul SibonGaultier MarnatPublished in: European journal of neurology (2022)
In patients with anterior circulation LVOS treated with MT, ECA embolism was significantly associated with cardioembolic etiology, high thrombus burden and proximal intracranial ICA occlusions. This underexplored angiographic pattern might provide a valuable etiologic clue to the underlying cause of anterior circulation LVOS and may also help determine the appropriate revascularization strategy.