Time Is Brain? — Surgical Revascularization of Acute Symptomatic Occlusion of the Internal Carotid Artery up to One Week

Conclusions: In patients who undergo surgery after 72 hr from symptom onset, the risk seems to outweigh the benefit.

Source: Annals of Vascular Surgery - February 11, 2013 Category: Surgery Authors: Barbara Theresia Weis-Müller, Asya Spivak-Dats, Bernd Turowski, Mario Siebler, Kai Michael Balzer, Klaus Grabitz, Erhard Godehardt, Wilhelm Sandmann Tags: Clinical Research Source Type: research