E-021 Safety and efficacy of a low dose eptifibatide infusion during endovascular treatment of tandem occlusions

Conclusions The low dose eptifibatide infusion resulted in a low incidence of SICH (5%) in the endovascular treatment of tandem intracranial occlusions. The infusion was not potent enough to maintain patency of the carotid artery in all patients. However, re-occlusion of the carotid artery was asymptomatic in the 4 patients where it occurred. This underscores that extracranial re-occlusion of the carotid artery is the lesser of evils compared with hemorrhagic stroke conversion. Limitations of the study include retrospective data collection, a low incidence of intravenous t-PA use, and lack of independent adjudication of angiographic and clinical outcomes. Disclosures C. Roels: None. M. Brown: None. R. Janjua: None. D. Heck: 2; C; Stryker.
Source: Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery - Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Tags: Electronic Poster Abstracts Source Type: research