Bilateral Mechanical Thrombectomies for Simultaneous MCA Occlusions.
Bilateral MCA Stroke
Endovascular treatment
Ischemic Stroke
Mechanical Thrombectomy
Journal
World neurosurgery
ISSN: 1878-8769
Titre abrégé: World Neurosurg
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101528275
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2019
Dec 2019
Historique:
received:
17
07
2019
revised:
28
08
2019
accepted:
29
08
2019
pubmed:
11
9
2019
medline:
25
1
2020
entrez:
11
9
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Bilateral hemispheric dysfunction is devastating to consciousness. We present a unique case of a patient who developed bilateral middle cerebral artery infarcts with significant neurological improvement post bilateral thrombolysis in cerebral infarction (TICI) 3 thrombectomies. The patient is a 64-year-old woman who presented 3 hours after her husband was awakened and found her with left hemiplegia. She had a history of atrial fibrillation and had her apixaban held for 5 days before the coronary angiogram that she received the day before arrival. Upon presentation, she was antigravity on the right side and withdrawing on the left side. Computed tomography angiogram showed a right M1 occlusion and an left M2 occlusion. Computed tomography perfusion revealed a mismatch with large penumbra, and she was taken for mechanical thrombectomy. Mechanical thrombectomy was performed using a combination of stent retriever and aspiration catheter with a TICI 3 revascularization. By the following morning, the patient was full strength on the right and antigravity on the left with a left facial droop. The patient recovered her speech and was fully oriented before leaving for rehabilitation on postoperative day 3. The transient hypercoagulable state that was created with the withdrawal of apixaban likely increased our patient's risk of stroke. The literature supports continuing oral anticoagulants for endovascular procedures. The devastating consequences of thromboembolic events, whether stroke or pulmonary embolism, can be catastrophic, but luckily, mechanical thrombectomy provides the means to minimize the morbidity and mortality from bilateral infarctions.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Bilateral hemispheric dysfunction is devastating to consciousness. We present a unique case of a patient who developed bilateral middle cerebral artery infarcts with significant neurological improvement post bilateral thrombolysis in cerebral infarction (TICI) 3 thrombectomies.
CASE DESCRIPTION
METHODS
The patient is a 64-year-old woman who presented 3 hours after her husband was awakened and found her with left hemiplegia. She had a history of atrial fibrillation and had her apixaban held for 5 days before the coronary angiogram that she received the day before arrival. Upon presentation, she was antigravity on the right side and withdrawing on the left side. Computed tomography angiogram showed a right M1 occlusion and an left M2 occlusion. Computed tomography perfusion revealed a mismatch with large penumbra, and she was taken for mechanical thrombectomy. Mechanical thrombectomy was performed using a combination of stent retriever and aspiration catheter with a TICI 3 revascularization. By the following morning, the patient was full strength on the right and antigravity on the left with a left facial droop. The patient recovered her speech and was fully oriented before leaving for rehabilitation on postoperative day 3.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
The transient hypercoagulable state that was created with the withdrawal of apixaban likely increased our patient's risk of stroke. The literature supports continuing oral anticoagulants for endovascular procedures. The devastating consequences of thromboembolic events, whether stroke or pulmonary embolism, can be catastrophic, but luckily, mechanical thrombectomy provides the means to minimize the morbidity and mortality from bilateral infarctions.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31505295
pii: S1878-8750(19)32403-9
doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.08.236
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
165-168Informations de copyright
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