Empty microcatheter technique for the deployment of a self-expanding stent to treat refractory middle cerebral artery occlusion in the setting of severe proximal tortuosity.

TY - JOUR

T1 - Empty microcatheter technique for the deployment of a self-expanding stent to treat refractory middle cerebral artery occlusion in the setting of severe proximal tortuosity.

AU - Dabus, Guilherme

AU - Nogueira, Raul G.

N1 - We report a case of an acute middle cerebral artery (M2 segment) occlusion that was refractory to intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (IV t-PA), thrombectomy with the Merci device, intra-arterial infusion of urokinase and eptifibatide, and balloon angioplasty. The artery was so tortuous that over-the-wire stent placement failed and a salvage technique was required to place the self-expanding stent.

PY - 2009/4/1

Y1 - 2009/4/1

UR - http://europepmc.org/abstract/MED/18393952

U2 - 10.1111/J.1552-6569.2008.00252.X

DO - 10.1111/J.1552-6569.2008.00252.X

M3 - Article

VL - 19

JO - Journal of neuroimaging

JF - Journal of neuroimaging

ER -