title: Thrombectomy using Trevo ProVue Stent Retriever Devices after Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator Thrombolysis for Acute Basilar Artery Occlusion during Vertebral Artery Dissection.
abstract: A 41-year-old woman was admitted due to a sudden-onset severe headache, left hemiparesis and dysarthria. Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging showed an acute infarct in the bilateral pons, and magnetic resonance angiography revealed basilar artery (BA) occlusion resulting from dissection of the right vertebral artery (VA). She was treated with intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) 110 minutes after symptom onset. Subsequently, brain angiography was performed along with mechanical thrombolysis using Trevo ProVue retriever devices. The BA was successfully recanalized 240 minutes after the onset of symptoms. Thrombectomy is a promising treatment strategy for cases of VA dissection resistant to intravenous rt-PA thrombolysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation, Komaki City Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: Joe
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Senda
authors.forename: Tomohide
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishikawa
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iizuka
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Ryosuke
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ohshima
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Takenori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Toshinori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Izumi
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wakabayashi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*; D001488:Basilar Artery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015607:Stents; D017131:Thrombectomy / Q000379:methods*; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D020217:Vertebral Artery Dissection / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator