Basilar artery endoprosthesis placement: rescue therapy for recurrent thrombosis.
Hyperacute thrombosis of the basilar artery accompanied urgent treatment of basilar thrombosis with local thrombolytics and arterial reconstruction by balloon angioplasty. Successful placement of an endoprosthesis into the basilar artery permitted sustained restoration of blood flow. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first successful report of intracranial endoprosthesis deployment.
Callahan
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Stroke Service, Centennial Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37203, USA.
Berger
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D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D020767:Intracranial Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D015607:Stents; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed