Local intraarterial thrombolysis in the carotid territory.
Interv Neuroradiol
; 2(2): 111-26, 1996 Jun 30.
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ABSTRACT
SUMMARY:
A new series of 142 patients treated by local intraarterial thrombolysis is presented. After haemorrhage was ruled out by CT, all patients had an emergency angiogram. Patients with occlusion of the lenticulostriate arteries were not treated after the sixth hour (79 cases). Patients without involvement of these arteries were treated up to the 12th hour (61 cases). This selection led to a dramatic reduction of post-thrombolysis intraparenchymatous haemorrhage (0.7%) compared to other series. All deaths (7 cases) were related to vasogenic oedema due to incomplete reduction of infarcted cerebral volume, in most cases (4 cases) in intracerebral extension of a cervical internal carotid occlusion. Digitized parenchymography proved to be a reliable technique to document the exact location and extent of brain ischaemia before and after thrombolysis. It also allows a prognosis of spontaneous recovery without using thrombolysis. By reducing the infarcted cerebral volume, local intraarterial thrombolysis seems beneficial to the patient as long as a strict selection based on the angiographic location of the occlusion and the time delay is respected.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Interv Neuroradiol
Asunto de la revista:
NEUROLOGIA
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RADIOLOGIA
Año:
1996
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Francia