Endovascular Treatment of Tandem Common Carotid Artery Origin and Distal Intracranial Occlusion in Acute Ischemic Stroke

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• 作者：Gregory M. Weiner¹ ; Rafey Feroze⁴ ; David M. Panczykowski¹ ; Amin Aghaebrahim² ; William Ares¹ ; Nitin Agarwal¹ ; John Enis³ ; Xiao Zhu⁴ ; Andrew F. Ducruet⁵ ; ^{andrew.ducruet@barrowbrainandspine.com}
• 关键词：Acute ischemic stroke ; Endovascular ; Tandem ; Thrombectomy
• 刊名：World Neurosurgery
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：97
• 期：Complete
• 页码：360-365
• 全文大小：1889 K
• 卷排序：97

文摘

Tandem occlusion resulting in acute ischemic stroke is associated with high morbidity and mortality and a poor response to thrombolytic therapy. The use of endovascular strategies for tandem stroke cases results in an improved outcome for this subgroup of patients. We present 2 cases with a pattern of tandem occlusion consisting of proximal obstruction at the origin of the common carotid artery (CCA) with concomitant intracranial occlusion treated by endovascular techniques.MethodsThe 2 patients presented each with occlusion at the left CCA origin and ipsilateral intracranial vessel (left middle cerebral artery and carotid terminus, respectively). A transfemoral anterograde approach was used to deliver a balloon-mounted stent across the proximal CCA origin occlusion to gain access to the distal cerebral vasculature. Subsequently, a stent retriever assisted mechanical aspiration thrombectomy was used to revascularize the intracranial occlusion.ResultsComplete revascularization with Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction scores of 2b and improvement in neurologic deficits occurred in both cases. Good clinical outcome was achieved for both patients at 3-month follow-up.ConclusionsAn anterograde transfemoral approach should be considered in cases of tandem occlusion of the proximal CCA and middle cerebral artery.