Rheolytic thrombectomy of acute stent thrombosis of cervical vertebral artery. Case report and literature review.
A new Xpeedior rheolytic thrombectomy catheter has been successfully used to extract thrombus from an acutely thrombosed vertebral artery stent without apparent distal embolism. The ease of use and the speed of thrombectomy suggest that this system may be useful for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke.
Feng
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Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University; U.S.A. - lf66@columbia.edu.
Mangla
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Pile-Spellman
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