title: Therapeutic Decision Making in Acute Stroke due to Carotid Artery Dissection: A Potential Role for Percutaneous Vascular Intervention following Intravenous Thrombolysis.
abstract: Internal carotid artery dissection (ICAD) is an important cause of acute ischemic stroke in younger patients. Potential acute treatments include anticoagulation, intravenous thrombolysis (IVT), and endovascular thrombectomy (ET). We report a case where the use of IVT followed by ET resulted in a good clinical outcome in a patient with tandem internal carotid and middle cerebral artery occlusion following ICAD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Merwick
authors.forename: R Ó
authors.initials: RÓ
authors.lastname: Laoide
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: O'Hare
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McGuigan