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.
Suh
Sang Hyun
SH
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
Lee
Kyung-Yul
KY
Hong
Chang Ki
CK
Kim
Byung Moon
BM
Kim
Chang-Hyun
CH
Chung
Tae-Sub
TS
Kim
Dong Ik
DI
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