Spontaneous recanalization at subacute phase of stroke may be dramatic: A case report.
Spontaneous recanalization of the occluded cerebral arteries has occasionally occurred in an acute phase of stroke patients. We report a stroke patient with recanalization at 7 days of onset detected by using continuous transcranial Doppler (TCD) monitoring. After the presence of microembolic signals on TCD display, dynamic flow changes of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) occurred, which represented recanalization of the occluded MCA.
Iguchi
Yasuyuki
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Department of Stroke Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki-city, Okayama 701-0192, Japan. yigu@med.kawasaki-m.ac.jp
Kimura
Kazumi
K
Hayashi
Koji
K
Shibazaki
Kensaku
K
Kobayashi
Kazuto
K
Inoue
Takeshi
T
D000328:Adult; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D020766:Intracranial Embolism; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D020768:Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D010960:Plasminogen Activators / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020127:Recovery of Function / Q000187:drug effects; D020521:Stroke / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D017585:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial
D010960:Plasminogen Activators