Vertebrobasilar recanalization after 12 h of onset using balloon expandable stent and thrombolysis.
Basilar artery (BA) thrombosis is a severe condition that has a high percentage of mortality if no treatment is performed. Recanalization is the most successful way of reducing mortality and improving outcome in patients with BA thrombosis. We present a case of a patient that presented to our hospital 12 h after onset of symptoms in which a combination of techniques were used to perform a vertebrobasilar recanalization.
Casasco
Alfredo
A
Interventional Neuroradiology, Department of Endovascular and Percutaneous Treatment, Clinica Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Principe de Vergara 53, Madrid, 28006, Spain. endovascular@mimsl.es
Cuellar
Hugo
H
Gilo
Francisco
F
Guimaraens
Leopoldo
L
Theron
Jacques
J
D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D014715:Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*