Temporary stenting and retrieval of the self-expandable, intracranial stent in acute middle cerebral artery occlusion.
We describe our experience in which a retrievable Enterprise stent was used as a temporary recanalization and embolectomy device in an acute middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion after urgent stenting for ipsilateral carotid artery stenosis.
Department of Radiology, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 146-92 Dogok-dong Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 135-720, Republic of Korea. suhsh11@yuhs.ac
Sang Hyun
SH
Suh
Kyung-Yul
KY
Lee
Chang Ki
CK
Hong
Byung Moon
BM
Kim
Chang-Hyun
CH
Kim
Tae-Sub
TS
Chung
Dong Ik
DI
Kim
D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D006801:Humans; D020244:Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D020768:Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome