title: [Mechanical thrombolysis of the basilar artery. Report of one case].
abstract: We report a 40 year-old male presenting in the emergency room with headache, vertigo and left hemiparesis. A magnetic resonante imaging reported a left cerebellar infarction with occlusion of the basilar artery and a dissection of the right vertebral artery. The patient experienced a clinical deterioration with the appearance of a right hemiparesis. Therefore a brain angiography was performed along with a mechanical thrombolysis using a Solitaire FR® revascularization device. A thrombus located in the distal third of the artery was eliminated obtaining a complete perfusión of the artery. The patient had a satisfactory evolution.
authors.affiliation: Departmento de Radiología, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. jtevah@med.puc.cl
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tevah
authors.forename: Felipe
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mellado
authors.forename: Arnaldo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marín
authors.forename: Patricio
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mellado
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fava
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001488:Basilar Artery; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D020767:Intracranial Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D061185:Mechanical Thrombolysis / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016896:Treatment Outcome