Successful reperfusion of bilateral middle cerebral artery embolic occlusions using stent retriever thrombectomy.

Successful reperfusion of bilateral middle cerebral artery embolic occlusions using stent retriever thrombectomy. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2018 Jul;31(3):339-341 Authors: Miller A, Onofrio A, Graybeal D, Mir O, Linebarger MB, Layton KF Abstract A 40-year-old woman presented to our stroke center for a left middle cerebral artery embolic occlusion. This was successfully treated with mechanical thrombectomy using a stent retriever and balloon guide catheter aspiration. The patient was discharged home in good condition on clopidogrel but returned 2 months later with a contralateral right middle cerebral artery embolic occlusion. This was also successfully treated, this time with a stent retriever and local aspiration (Sol-Arc technique). She was once again discharged in good condition but with warfarin and an implanted loop recorder. This case demonstrates the feasibility of short-term bilateral mechanical thrombectomy for embolic middle cerebral artery occlusions. PMID: 29904305 [PubMed]
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