title: Treatment of transiently symptomatic acute internal carotid artery occlusion: learning from the interventional field.
abstract: A 69-year-old man experienced left hemiparesis and confusion of sudden onset, followed by complete spontaneous recovery after about 20 minutes. When carotid ultrasound was performed in the neurovascular unit 12 hours later, an occluded right internal carotid artery was found. Transcranial ultrasound showed normal flow in the right middle and anterior cerebral arteries. How should he be treated?
authors.affiliation: Acute Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, San Gerardo Hospital, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy. simone.beretta@unimib.it
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Beretta
authors.forename: Edoardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Boccardi
authors.forename: Patrizia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Santoro
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pappadà
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ferrarese
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001241:Aspirin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000503:physiopathology; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D003221:Confusion / Q000209:etiology; D016894:Endarterectomy, Carotid; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010291:Paresis / Q000209:etiology; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D001241:Aspirin