Retrograde recanalisation for vertebral artery stump syndrome: a case report

Stroke Vasc Neurol. 2022 Mar 30:svn-2021-001407. doi: 10.1136/svn-2021-001407. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTVertebral artery stump syndrome (VASS) is a rare disease associated with a posterior circulation stroke after vertebral artery origin occlusion. We have herein presented a case of VASS that was effectively treated with endovascular intervention using retrograde recanalisation and the mechanism of VASS in our patient was thought to be a thrombus formed by stagnating flow.PMID:35354663 | DOI:10.1136/svn-2021-001407
Source: Atherosclerosis - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research