Use of Middle Cerebral Artery Visualization with Coronal Computed Tomography to Access Target Artery in Mechanical Thrombectomy

We examined whether visualization of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) by coronal images of nonenhanced computed tomography (coronal CT) provides useful preoperative information on the vessel course in the setting of MT. Methods and Results: We retrospectively studied 29 patients with ischemic stroke of the internal carotid artery and MCA occlusion who were admitted to our hospital within 4.5 hours from stroke onset and underwent MT.

Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - February 21, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Yuichiro Ohya, Takeshi Uwatoko, Taichiro Mizokami, Kenichi Matsumoto, Go Hashimoto, Hiroshi Sugimori Source Type: research