title: Acute vertebrobasilar artery thrombosis: long-term benefit of vertebral artery stenting.
abstract: Acute vertebrobasilar artery occlusion is a life-threatening event, even after thrombolytic treatment with local intraarterial (IA) recombinant tissue plasminogen activator. We report a 70-year-old man with acute vertebral artery occlusion in which IA thrombolysis resulted in partial recanalisation and revealed pre-existing severe stenosis as the underlying cause. Stenosis was managed with stenting with excellent long-term clinical as well as angiographical outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Section of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, PO Box 3500, Stadium Road, Karachi 74800, Pakistan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hassan
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: ul Haq
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Khimani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dhakam
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Syed
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014715:Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator