Intraluminal Thrombus of the Extracranial Cerebral Arteries in Acute Ischemic Stroke: Manifestations, Treatment Strategies, and Outcome.
Thamer Saad AlhowaishMoustafa S AlhamadhAbdullah AlsulayhimNajla AlotaibiAzzam Abdulaziz AlrashidAbdulrahman Yousef AlhabeebMuhannad Qirnas AlqirnasEythar AlrushidMohammed S AlnafisahAjmal Ali AnvershaPublished in: Vascular health and risk management (2024)
Initial treatment with anticoagulants improves neurologic outcomes in patients with ILT-induced acute ischemic stroke but carries the risk of recurrent stroke and bleeding. However, initial treatment with dual antiplatelet agents appears to have comparable efficacy without sequelae, particularly in atherosclerosis-induced ILT.