Thrombolysed Ischemic Strokes: Is there a Place for Early Carotid Surgery?

The recent creation of vascular neurology units (“stroke centers”) allowed the improvement of the management of the patients presenting a stroke (CVA), by decreasing the times of access to intravenous (IV) thrombolysis. The aim of this study was to show the feasibility, in the absence of specific recommendations, of the early surgical treatment of symptomatic carotid stenoses diagnosed after IV thrombolysis.

Source: Annals of Vascular Surgery - July 25, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Matthieu Peret, Thierry Merlini, Robert Martinez, Guillaume Marc, Sophie Godard, Mickael Daligault, Bernard Enon, Jean Picquet Tags: 29th Annual Meeting, French Society for Vascular Surgery (SCV) Source Type: research