title: Balloon angioplasty for embolic total occlusion of the middle cerebral artery and ipsilateral carotid stenting in an acute stroke stage.
abstract: A 66-year-old man suffering from neurologic symptoms caused by acute embolic total occlusion of the left middle cerebral artery was treated successfully with balloon angioplasty, and an ipsilateral carotid stenosis subsequently was dilated with stenting. The patient's clinical outcome 30 days later was favorable. This therapeutic option may prove to be a useful means of treating a patient with acute stroke, embolic total occlusion of the middle cerebral artery, and an ipsilateral carotid stenosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Kochi Medical School Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kazita
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mima
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mori
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D020244:Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015607:Stents; D020521:Stroke / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed